This Hubble image shows the centre of Messier 84, also called NGC 4374, an elliptical galaxy about 60 million light-years away in the constellation Virgo. Charles Messier published the object in his catalogue in its final form in 1781, after discovering it in March of that year. Messier 84 lies in the densely packed centre of the Virgo Cluster, which contains more than 1000 galaxies. The picture shows only the inner region of the galaxy, which the release describes as likely the best image of the area ever captured. Earlier observations with Hubble's Space Telescope Imaging Spectrograph revealed a supermassive black hole at its centre. Astronomers found it by measuring how fast gas and stars were moving around that centre. The galaxy has also hosted two observed supernovae, SN1957 and SN1991bg, discovered in 1957 and 1991.

Hampi is a UNESCO World Heritage Site in Karnataka, India, with more than 1,600 surviving remains spread over 4,100 hectares. It was the capital of the Vijayanagara Empire from 1336 to 1565. Travellers from Persia and Portugal described it as a prosperous, wealthy and grand city with temples, markets and farms along the Tungabhadra River. By 1500 it was estimated to be the world's second-largest city after Beijing, and probably India's richest at the time. In 1565 a coalition of Muslim sultanates defeated the Vijayanagara Empire, its capital was conquered and destroyed, and the city was left in ruins. Hampi remains a religious centre, with the active Virupaksha Temple at its heart.