Astronomy Picture of the Day

   [1]Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our
      fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation
                    written by a professional astronomer.

                              2024 November 26
    [2]The top panel shows a flat ring with a bright center in blue, even
   though it was taken in near infrared light. The bottom panel shows the
    same galaxy in visible light and shows a brighter and more expansive
       center against which the flat ring appears dark. Please see the
                 explanation for more detailed information.

                  The Sombrero Galaxy from Webb and Hubble
     Image Credit: [3]NASA, [4]ESA, [5]CSA, [6]STScI, [7]Hubble Heritage
                         Project ([8]STScI, [9]AURA)

   Explanation: This floating ring is the size of a galaxy. In fact, it is
   a galaxy -- or at least part of one: the photogenic [10]Sombrero Galaxy
   is one of the largest galaxies in the nearby [11]Virgo Cluster of
   Galaxies. The dark band of [12]dust that obscures the mid-section of
   the [13]Sombrero Galaxy in visible light (bottom panel) actually
   [14]glows brightly in infrared light (top panel). The [15]featured
   image shows the [16]infrared glow in false blue, recorded recently by
   the space-based [17]James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) and released
   yesterday, pictured above an [18]archival image taken by NASA's
   [19]Hubble Space Telescope in [20]visible light. The [21]Sombrero
   Galaxy, also known as [22]M104, spans about 50,000 [23]light years and
   lies 28 million light years away. [24]M104 can be seen with a small
   telescope in the direction of the constellation [25]Virgo.

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  12. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap030706.html
  13. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sombrero_galaxy
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