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NGC 4414
is an
unbarred spiral galaxy
about 62 million
light-years
away in the
constellation
Coma Berenices
. It is a
flocculent spiral galaxy
, with short segments of spiral structure but without the dramatic well-defined spiral arms of a
grand design spiral
. NGC 4414 is a very isolated galaxy, with no signs of past
interactions with other galaxies
.
Photograph: Hubble Heritage Team (
AURA
/
STScI
/
NASA
)
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