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NGC 4698

Spiral galaxy in the constellation Virgo, known for a central bulge and inner gas that are misaligned with its main stellar disk.

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Hubble photographs a Virgo spiral whose core rotates at right angles to its disk

The new Hubble picture of NGC 4698 shows arms that stop short of the glowing center and a bulge tilted out of the disk, while the case that a small merger built that geometry rests on one short tail of hydrogen.

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