A mess of stars
Overall NGC 428’s spiral structure appears to be quite distorted and warped, thought to be a result of a collision between two galaxies.
Image Credit: ESA/Hubble and NASA and S. Smartt (Queen's University Belfast), Acknowledgements: Nick Rose and Flickr user penninecloud
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Image CreditESA/Hubble and NASA and S. Smartt (Queen's University Belfast), Acknowledgements: Nick Rose and Flickr user penninecloud
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