Posted on 08/13/2023 12:52:27 PM PDT by MtnClimber
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, 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 optical light actually glows brightly in infrared light. The featured image, digitally sharpened, shows the infrared glow, recently recorded by the orbiting Spitzer Space Telescope, superposed in false-color on an existing image taken by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope in visible light. The Sombrero Galaxy, also known as M104, spans about 50,000 light years across 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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Where are the taco and burrito galaxies?
I can see a hint of ethnophaulism in this galaxy’s name...
IAC, Hail to the Redskins...
Scientists theorize that within that galaxy, there are no badges. They don’ need no stinkin’ badges.
Don’t forget that it was Christ who created all this. And despite its splendor will design something even greater after the Great White Throne Judgement.
Looks exactly like one of my Frisbees I had as a kid.
It looks like the very intense galactic core is sweeping matter, hydrogen, dust, stars....out to the outer ring. That is probably just an appearance; what looks like hazey light surrounding the core is probably filled with stars that are too small to see.
That said, I thought of this as soon as I saw it!
You need a mucho grande telescope to see those.
I’ll never get over Macho Grande.......................
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