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NGC 4654, which jostles among many other galaxies in the Virgo Cluster, is a curious spiral galaxy. One side is rounded and the opposite side is stretched into a long trail of gas (beyond this image). This is caused by ram pressure stripping. As NGC 4654 speeds through the cluster 💨 it rams through the intracluster medium, which squashes its leading edge and tugs at its gas, stretching it out across space! 1/2

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