An image captured by the Hubble Space Telescope portrays the dwarf galaxy NGC 1156, a truly unique object because it’s an irregular dwarf galaxy that has various characteristics that belong to different classes of galaxies. Typically, galaxies that are out of the ordinary are the result of interactions or mergers, which are sometimes still in progress and offer the possibility to see the shapes of the original galaxies. NGC 1156 is among other things an isolated galaxy, and that means that there are no other galaxies close enough to affect its shape with a much higher force of gravity.