Wide-Field View: Spiral Galaxy NGC 7714 in Pisces | Hubble Space Telescope

Wide-Field View: Spiral Galaxy NGC 7714 in Pisces | Hubble Space Telescope

This image from the Digitized Sky Survey shows galaxy NGC 7714 and its surroundings. This galaxy is in the process of merging with its neighbor NGC 7715, also visible in this wide-field image. Together, these two form the merging pair Arp 284.

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.

The Digitized Sky Survey (DSS) is a ground-based imaging survey of the entire sky in several colors of light produced by the Space Telescope Science Institute through its Guide Star Survey group.

Credit: European Space Agency (ESA), NASA, Digitized Sky Survey 2

Release Date: Jan. 29, 2015

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