The galaxy presents a generally smooth appearance, with a dominant central bulge. The shape is more in-between round and elliptical, but not quite a cigar shape. The core is a concentrated and bright yellow or yellow-orange. The outer regions fade in intensity, exhibiting faint blue-ish color. The galaxy does not appear to be strongly disturbed, and shows no obvious signs of a major merger, or a very prominent minor disturbance. There is some distortion on the outer edge. No distinct spiral arms are visible. Overall, the galaxy seems to be a large, relatively relaxed system with characteristics somewhere between an elliptical and a lenticular galaxy. The general red hue suggests the presence of an older stellar population within the bulge, with some on-going star formation activity in the disk.
