... PKS 1127 145: Quasar View . ... The quasar known as PKS 1127-145 lies ten billion light-years from our fair planet. A Hubble Space Telescope view in the left panel shows this quasar along with other galaxies as they appear in optical light. ... Each of these galaxies houses billions of stars - just as our own Milky Way Galaxy does. ... Cen A is a giant elliptical galaxy a mere 10 million light-years distant with a central jumble of stars, dust, and gas that probably hides a massive black hole. ...