... Additional Image Data: Ken Crawford ( Rancho Del Sol Observatory ) Explanation: Spiky stars are nearby , but fuzzy galaxies are strewn far across the Universe in this cosmic view . Spanning about 1/2 degree on the sky, the pretty picture is the result of astronomer Johannes Schedler's project to look back in time, toward a quasar 12.7 billion light-years away . ... Of course, the expansion of the Universe has redshifted the light. ... Publications with keywords: quasar - redshift . ...