This picture is called "Voyager's Neptune" and it shows the spacecraft Voyager 2's closest approach to Neptune on August 25, 1989. Voyager 2 has been the only spacecraft to visit Neptune, the most distant gas giant. In this composite image, you can see the glow of the outer planet, its largest moon Triton, and the planet's rings faintly surrounding it. Neptune's south pole is circled by a dark band and cirrus clouds in a cloudy vortex. The background starfield spans seven and a half degrees and is centered on the constellation Camelopardalis.
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