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On a clear evening in April 1789, the renowned astronomer William Herschel spott…

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On a clear evening in April 1789, the renowned astronomer William Herschel spott…

On a clear evening in April 1789, the renowned astronomer William Herschel spotted this bright object, a spiral galaxy later to be named NGC 4707. Over two centuries later, the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope is able to view the same galaxy in far greater detail than Herschel could. See https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/potw1651a/