Sweeping around billions of stars which are highlighted by the brightest and the bluest, this galaxy is truly a magnificent sight to behold, worthy of being designated as a grand design spiral galaxy. Just make sure that you don’t approach the center of the spiral, as what is found there is a supermassive black hole, which devours stars and gas, not to mention the hot plasma that surrounds it.
The central violent activity gives it the designation of a Seyfert galaxy. Together, this beauty and beast are cataloged as NGC 6814 and have been appearing together toward the constellation of the Eagle (Aquila) for roughly the past billion years.
Awesome!
(Image Credit: ESA/ Hubble & NASA; Acknowledgement: Judy Schmidt)
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