Seeing conditions were good. No Moon.

This spiral galaxy has a bright, slightly oval nucleus. No evidence of a bar. A thick spiral arm originates from a tight “ring” around the nucleus opening to the NW. A thinner spiral arm curves from the west of the nucleus and bifurcates to the east.

The galaxy shows many bright star-forming knots. Something must have disturbed this galaxy. Even the nebulosity surround it seems ‘windblown”

This galaxy is also known as the snake galaxy. What could that snake be striking at?