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                        Astronomy Picture of the Day

    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
     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: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, Hubble Heritage Project (STScI,
                                    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 Sombrero Galaxy is
   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 visible light (bottom panel) actually glows brightly in
   infrared light (top panel). The featured image shows the infrared glow
   in false blue, recorded recently by the space-based James Webb Space
   Telescope (JWST) and released yesterday, pictured above an archival
   image taken by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope in visible light. The
   Sombrero Galaxy, also known as M104, spans about 50,000 light years 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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