Stellar Photobomber Crashes Hubble’s Party: The Unraveling Tale of Arp 263

The Hubble Space Telescope has captured an image of the irregular galaxy Arp 263, also known as NGC 3239, located 25 million light-years away in the constellation Leo. The image prominently features a stellar photobomber, BD+17 2217, showing unique crisscrossing diffraction spikes due to the interac