Posted on 05/01/2007 1:49:48 PM PDT by bedolido
The Sombrero Galaxy appears to hover in space like a glowing UFO in a new composite image made from three of NASA's Great Observatories.
Data from a trio of space telescopes – Chandra, Spitzer and Hubble – have been combined to produce the new image.
Chandra observations reveal hot gas that glows in X rays and extends about 60,000 light years from the centre of the galaxy, which itself is only 50,000 light years wide. The gas is probably being blown outwards by a wind driven by supernova explosions in the galaxy.
(Excerpt) Read more at space.newscientist.com ...
The Sombrero Galaxy is always a good picture.
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