In the center of this serene stellar swirl is likely a harrowing black-hole beast. The surrounding swirl sweeps around billions of stars which are highlighted by the brightest and bluest. The breadth and beauty of the display give the swirl the designation of a spiral galaxy. The central beast shows evidence that it is a supermassive about 10 million times the mass of . This ferocious creature and is surrounded by a spinning moat of hot plasma that of . The central violent activity gives it the designation of a . Together, are cataloged as NGC 6814 and have been toward the constellation of the Eagle ( ) for roughly the past billion years.