False-color Chandra X-ray Observatory image of NGC 1700, a young elliptical galaxy with a surprisingly large, rotating disk of multi-million degree hot gas. This 90,000 light-year wide disk, the largest of its kind discovered, gives the galaxy a boxy profile. The image suggests NGC 1700 may be the result of a galactic merger.
Astronomy Picture from 16/01/2003
NGC 1700: Elliptical Galaxy and Rotating Disk
Source: https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap030116.html
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