Who discovered Cartwheel Galaxy?

raman   October 29, 2011   Comments Off on Who discovered Cartwheel Galaxy?

A galaxy is a large gravitationally bound system which is composed of dust and stars. The Cartwheel Galaxy or ESO 350-40 is a lenticular galaxy distanced around 500 million light-years in the Sculptor constellation. It was discovered in 1941 by prominent Swiss astronomer, Fritz Zwicky.

Cartwheel Galaxy Discovered By Fritz Zwicky.