Hubble Views a Galaxy with Faint Threads

Known as NGC 1947, this galaxy was discovered almost 200 years ago by James Dunlop, a Scottish-born astronomer who later studied the sky from Australia. NGC 1947 can only be seen from the southern hemisphere, in the constellation Dorado (the Dolphinfish).


Click here for original story, Hubble Views a Galaxy with Faint Threads


Source: NASA Goddard Center