# @hubbleesa on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DbKwsPnErYO
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/68376796-hubbleesa-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2026-07-24T08:00:27.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Hubble Space Telescope (@hubbleesa) — https://gondola.cc/hubbleesa

## Caption

Our ESA/Hubble Picture of the Month features a one-sided spiral 🌀⁠
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🔴 NGC 4654 lies 72 million light-years away from Earth in the Virgo cluster, a massive, crowded galaxy cluster in the constellation Virgo (the Maiden).⁠
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🔴 The galaxy has an asymmetric appearance: a rounded edge on one side and a long trail of gas stretching out from the other (beyond the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope’s view in this image). This shape is thanks to ram pressure stripping.⁠
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🔴 As NGC 4654 moves through space, it rams through the intracluster medium, which in turn compresses the galaxy’s leading edge and tugs at its gas, creating its elongated tail. But it’s not just NGC 4654’s gas that is affected…⁠
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For more information check the link in bio.⁠
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📷 europeanspaceagency / hubbleesa & NASA , D. Thilker, J. Lee and the PHANGS-HST Team⁠
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#ESA #Hubble

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