Hubble Image of NGC 7714 (IMAGE)

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Hubble Image of NGC 7714

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NGC 7714 is a spiral galaxy 100 million light-years from Earth -- a relatively close neighbour in cosmic terms. The galaxy has witnessed some violent and dramatic events in its recent past. Tell-tale signs of this brutality 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, which is off the top of the frame of this image.

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ESA, NASA Acknowledgement: A. Gal-Yam (Weizmann Institute of Science)

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