Sombrero Galaxy (M104)

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Sombrero Galaxy (M104)

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"The Sombrero, named because it resembles a broad-brimmed Mexican hat, is oriented nearly edge-on to us. This edge-on view reveals that the disks of spiral galaxies are incredibly thin. The disk displays dark dust lanes, where many young and bright stars reside. The Hubble telescope also shows that the glowing central bulge of stars harbors nearly 2,000 globular clusters of stars, 10 times as many as orbit our Milky Way galaxy."

(qtd. from HubbleSite.org NewsCenter release STScI-2003-28)

Credit: NASA and The Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA)

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