NGC 5474

NGC 5474 is a peculiar dwarf galaxy in the constellation Ursa Major.

[4] The gravitational interaction between NGC 5474 and the Pinwheel Galaxy has strongly distorted the former.

As a result, the disk is offset relative to the nucleus.

[4][6] The star formation in this galaxy (as traced by hydrogen spectral line emission) is also offset from the nucleus.

[6] NGC 5474 shows some signs of a spiral structure.