Cosmos NGC 5907

NGC 5907 also nicknamed the “Splinter Galaxy” is a spiral galaxy seen from the edge and located in the constellation of the Dragon at about 30 million light years from the Milky Way.

This galaxy has a huge but very faint trail of stars surrounding it. It is certainly the remains of a collision or an old merger of NGC 5907 with a dwarf galaxy.
More explanations here: https://www.cosmotography.com/images/small_ring_ngc5907.html

NGC 5905 and NGC 5908 (on the right) are much further away, about 150 million light-years…

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