NASA / ESA’s Hubble Space Telescope captured Magellanic spiral galaxy LEDA 42160 located 52 million light-years from Earth in the constellation Virgo. This galaxy is forcing its way through the comparatively dense gas in the Virgo cluster, and the forces exerted are also known as ram pressure.
This distorted dwarf galaxy can be seen obscured by dust and by bright outbursts caused by star formation. It’s floatoing roughly in the center, while a few distant galaxies are visible in the background, many as little spirals. If you look closer, a prominent elliptical galaxy is also visible.
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LEDA 42160 falls into the category of ‘Magellanic spiral galaxy’, or type Sm for short, under the de Vaucouleurs galaxy classification system. Magellanic spiral galaxies are dwarf galaxies with only one single spiral arm. They are named after their prototype, the Large Magellanic Cloud, which is an SBm galaxy. Magellanic spiral galaxies are an interesting example of how galaxy categorization is actually more nuanced than simply ‘spiral’, ‘elliptical’ or ‘irregular’,” said the European Space Agency.
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