Many galaxies are known to have huge spirals around their arms, curving into a circular shape; but NGC 1947, yes
The faint remnants of these spirals can still beseen in the image, but without the material for the formation of new stars, it is unlikely that the galaxy will last much longer - it will eventually disappear.
Generally speaking, the galaxy needs sometime to die. For example, the Milky Way will remain active for at least billions of years due to the surrounding dwarf galaxies. They merge with ours and feed it with fresh stars, as well as hydrogen.
ESA notes that NGC 1947 was discovered almost200 years ago, it floats in space about 40 million light-years from Earth, and can only be seen in the southern hemisphere in the constellation Dorado.
The death of a galaxy is spectacular, but usuallyrare event. In January of this year, astronomers observed galaxy ID2299 losing 10,000 Suns of gas every year, creating stars faster than our own Milky Way galaxy. But without the ability to replenish this material, it will eventually go out on its own.
Recently, other peculiargalaxies. For example, NASA talked about a galaxy that erupts every 114 days. This may be due to the existence of a supermassive black hole at the center of a star cluster, consuming a spinning giant star.
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