Spiral Galaxy NGC 7714 in Pisces | Hubble Space Telescope

Spiral Galaxy NGC 7714 in Pisces | Hubble Space Telescope

Hubble image of NGC 7714 is a spiral galaxy 100 million light-years from Earth—a relatively close neighbor in cosmic terms. The galaxy has witnessed violent and dramatic events in its recent past. Tell-tale signs of this can be seen in NGC 7714's strangely shaped arms, and in the smoky golden haze that stretches out from the galactic center—caused by an ongoing merger with its smaller galactic companion NGC 7715, outside the frame of this image.

Credit: European Space Agency (ESA), NASA

Acknowledgement: A. Gal-Yam (Weizmann Institute of Science)
Release Date: Jan. 29, 2015

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