This is a 17 million light year distant relatively isolated galaxy in Coma Berenices.

It is a bit strange in the sense that the interstellar medium in the outer parts of the galaxy rotate in opposite direction to the medium in the inner parts. A reasonable explanation is that the galaxy as we see it today is the result of a collision of two smaller galaxies. The region, where these counterrotating streams of gas collide, is visible in this image as small dark structure near the center of the galaxy. Gas and dust is very turbulent in these clouds, which leads to a very high local star formation rate.
Imagine you stir a cup of coffee (or tea) with milk and turn direction of stirring abruptly … the eddies you see are the equivalent of the dark clouds in this galaxy.

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