NGC7814 is a spiral galaxy seen edge on. The most conspicuous features are the very bright central core and the dark dust lane passing through the entire galaxy.
It lies at a distance of 46 million light years and is about 80,000 light years across, about half the size of the Milky Way Galaxy.
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