Galaxies can take many shapes and be oriented any way relative to us in the sky. This can make it hard to figure out their actual morphology, because a galaxy can look very different from different viewpoints. A special case is when we are lucky enough to observe a spiral galaxy directly from its edge. This is NGC 7814, also known as the ‘Little Sombrero’. Its larger namesake, the Sombrero Galaxy, is another stunning example of an edge-on galaxy — in fact, the Little Sombrero is about the same size as its bright namesake at about 60 000 light-years across, but it lies farther away so it appears smaller in the sky. See https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/potw1505a/
