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Astronomy Picture of the Day
The Sombrero Galaxy in Infrared
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The Sombrero Galaxy in Infrared
Explanation:
This floating ring is the size of a galaxy.
In fact, it is part of the photogenic
Sombrero Galaxy
,
one of the largest galaxies in the nearby
Virgo Cluster of Galaxies
.
The dark band of
dust
that obscures the mid-section of the
Sombrero Galaxy
in optical light actually
glows brightly in infrared light.
The
above image
shows the
infrared
glow, recently recorded by the orbiting
Spitzer Space Telescope
, superposed in false-color on an
existing
image taken by
NASA's
Hubble Space Telescope
in optical light.
The
Sombrero
Galaxy, also known as M104, spans about 50,000
light years
across and lies 28 million light years away.
M104 can be seen with a small telescope in the direction of the
constellation
Virgo
.
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