Galaxy
Sombrero Galaxy
Spiral/lenticular galaxy · M104
The hat-shaped galaxy
Seen nearly edge-on, the Sombrero has a brilliant bulge and a prominent dust lane that give it the look of a broad-brimmed hat.
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Key facts
Distance
~31 million light-years
Diameter
~50,000 light-years
Apparent mag.
+8.0
Did you know
- Its core hosts a black hole of about 1 billion solar masses.
- It holds around 2,000 globular clusters.
- Webb revealed a clumpy, dusty ring in infrared.
