Here is a photograph of an usual spiral galaxy. While most spiral galaxies have 2 arms, this galaxy, NGC 4725, only has one. This galaxy is also very large; 100,000 light years across, longer than our Milky Way Galaxy. NGC 4725 lies 41 million light years across from our home galaxy, and appears to be rotating clockwise, due to the trailing single arm of the galaxy.
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