NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope and the European Space Agency Captured: barred spiral galaxy, MCG+07-07-072. Located in the Perseus galaxy group. Another name is Abell 426 (Abell 426), a large galaxy cluster. It is 320 million light years from Earth.

Astronomers say that the galaxy MCG + 07-07-072 They have a rather unusual shape compared to spiral or spiral galaxies. She has thin spiral arms. coming out of the end of the shaft which is a beam and draw a circle around the disk of the galaxy of dust and gas. This galaxy is classified as an SBc (r) galaxy, where the letter c indicates that the two spiral arms are loosely connected. Each arm rotates exactly half a revolution around the galaxy, and the (r) indicates the ring-like structure that the two spiral arms form.

MCG+07-07-072 It is a special galaxy that is getting the attention of the astronomical community. Due to its unique and attractive appearance some astronomy websites compare it to MCG+07-07-072 It looks like a spaceship. “Tie Fighter” (TIE fighter), which is a combat vehicle in the movie Star Wars.

Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA, I. Chilingari