This is a tightly wound spiral that lies a considerable distance away – 60 million light years. Its general shape resembles our own galaxy. Note the blob like object to the right in the picture. This is the distant galaxy PGC 169494. Other fainter galaxies can also be seen in the image..

12 1/2″ Ritchey-Chretien Telescope with a STL11000 with Astrodon filters. F/6 LRGB(47/7minBW,9/5min RGB binned 2×2.