Hubble image of NGC 7714
Date: 28 January 2015
Satellite: Hubble Space Telescope
Depicts: Arp 284, NGC 7714
Copyright: ESA, NASA. Acknowledgement: A. Gal-Yam (Weizmann Institute of Science)
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 centre – caused by an ongoing merger with its smaller galactic companion NGC 7715, which is off the top of the frame of this image.
Last Update: 1 September 2019
