Abell 347 featuring NGC 891 Formed early in cosmic history (around 10 to 12 billion years ago) through the gravitational collapse of giant primordial hydrogen gas clouds, which flattened out into a spinning galactic disk as stars ignited inside. Its prominent dark dust lane along the equator is created by ongoing star formation and interstellar dust inside its disk.
Abell 347 featuring NGC 891 Formed early in cosmic history (around 10 to 12 billion years ago) through the gravitational collapse of giant primordial hydrogen gas clouds, which flattened out into a spinning galactic disk as stars ignited inside. Its prominent dark dust lane along the equator is created by ongoing star formation and interstellar dust inside its disk.