The galaxy presents as a cigar-shaped structure, elongated along its major axis. It appears to be generally smooth in overall texture with no easily visible dust lanes or spiral arm structures. The colouration is primarily yellow/orange, suggesting a stellar population dominated by older stars and potentially lower ongoing star formation, or substantial dust obscuration, which could redden the observed light. There's a slight colour gradient. Towards what would conventionally be considered the centre of the galaxy, the colour appears to be slightly redder and more intense. There is an indication of a minor interaction/merger visible through faint distorted structure at one end of the galaxy.
