The galaxy presents a spiral morphology, viewed at an oblique angle, but closer to face-on. A central bulge is apparent, exhibiting a yellowish hue indicating an older stellar population. From what I can see, this galaxy is definitely more featured than smooth. The spiral arms are tightly wound and exhibit a clumpy structure, suggestive of active star formation regions punctuated by HII regions. Five or more of the spiral arms can be seen. The disk shows an extended structure. There is no evidence of any kind of major merging going on with any other galaxies. There's no way to verify edge-on status from this image.
