This picture is of the Hydra Cluster of stars. Two stars in our own Milky Way galaxy are in the picture two however. Over 100 million light-years away, the hydra cluster is still visible in this photograph. There are three prominent galaxies in the middle of the picture. Two elipticals and one big blue spiral. They are about 150 thousand light years across each. These galaxy clusters are some of the closest to the milky way, although they are still some 200 million light years away. This picture captures about 1.3 million light years of space from left to right.
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