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A very nice barred spiral galaxy in Fornax, and about 45 million light-years away. There are some distortions in one of the arms from the satellite galaxy, NGC1097A that appears amongst the end of the right-hand spiral arm. The galaxy has a very active nucleus, and the core is surrounded by a tiny ring of bright star formation. The core is the source of four optical jets, two of which are barely visible streaking to the upper left.
All images copyright Andy Casely 2017