Q about galaxy "near" Tadpole galaxy

There's a very nice before- and after-enhancement pair of pictures at
http://www.nist.gov/public_affairs/t...b2006_1207.htm of the
"Tadpole Galaxy" (UGC 10214). The second largest galaxy in the pic, in
the lower left-hand corner, has an odd "streamer" that appears to be
coming out of it. (You have to look at the high resolution pics via
the links just below the small pics shown at that web page--it's not
apparent at low-res.) The streamer _appears_ to be oriented at right
angles to the disk of the "smaller" (and presumably further) galaxy,
and coming from the central bulge--just like one would imagine if there
were a polar jet like one sees in portrayals of rotating black holes.
But I've never seen such a jet in other galaxies.

Is this an optical illusion? Perhaps a nearby nebula that just happens
to be in the right place to make it look like a jet?

(There's also a smudge coming off the Tadpole Galaxy pointing nearly
straight "down", apparent even in the low-res pic on the original web
page. But it's not as strikingly oriented, and maybe it's like the
"tail" of the Tadpole.)