On June 22, 1996, Hubble took its 100,000th image. It shows a quasar 9 billion light-years from Earth. The fainter object just above it is an elliptical galaxy. Although the two objects appear to be close to each other, the galaxy is actually about 2 billion light-years closer to us. The bright object to the right of the quasar is a foreground star. The quasar and star are separated by billions of light-years, but the quasar looks as just as bright because it produces a tremendous amount of light. The double spiral galaxy above the quasar is in the foreground as well.