Free Republic
Browse · Search
General/Chat
Topics · Post Article

Skip to comments.

Astronomy Picture of the Day - NGC 7814: Little Sombrero
NASA ^ | 23 Jan, 2025 | Image Credit & Copyright: Mike Selby

Posted on 01/23/2025 12:04:11 PM PST by MtnClimber

Explanation: Point your telescope toward the high flying constellation Pegasus and you can find this cosmic expanse of Milky Way stars and distant galaxies. NGC 7814 is centered in the sharp field of view that would almost be covered by a full moon. NGC 7814 is sometimes called the Little Sombrero for its resemblance to the brighter more famous M104, the Sombrero Galaxy. Both Sombrero and Little Sombrero are spiral galaxies seen edge-on, and both have extensive halos and central bulges cut by a thin disk with thinner dust lanes in silhouette. In fact, NGC 7814 is some 40 million light-years away and an estimated 60,000 light-years across. That actually makes the Little Sombrero about the same physical size as its better known namesake, appearing smaller and fainter only because it is farther away.


TOPICS: Astronomy; Astronomy Picture of the Day; Science
KEYWORDS: apod; nasa
To be added or removed from the Astronomy Picture of the Day ping list please send me a request via "Private Reply" (Mail).

For more detail go to the link and click on the image for a high definition image. You can then move the magnifying glass cursor then click to zoom in and click again to zoom out. When zoomed in you can scan by moving the side bars on the bottom and right side of the image.

1 posted on 01/23/2025 12:04:11 PM PST by MtnClimber
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | View Replies]

To: MtnClimber

2 posted on 01/23/2025 12:04:29 PM PST by MtnClimber (For photos of scenery, wildlife and climbing, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: 21stCenturion; 21twelve; 4everontheRight; A Navy Vet; A_perfect_lady; abb; AFB-XYZ; AFPhys; ...
Pinging the APOD list

๐Ÿช ๐ŸŒŸ ๐ŸŒŒ ๐Ÿ”

3 posted on 01/23/2025 12:05:05 PM PST by MtnClimber (For photos of scenery, wildlife and climbing, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 2 | View Replies]

To: MtnClimber

The Little Sombrero is also known for its fantastic tacos.


4 posted on 01/23/2025 12:09:02 PM PST by LittleBillyInfidel (This tagline has been formatted to fit the screen. Some content has been edited.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: LittleBillyInfidel; gundog

How about the Urban Sombrero?


5 posted on 01/23/2025 12:15:22 PM PST by Larry Lucido (Donate! Don't just post clickbait!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 4 | View Replies]

To: MtnClimber

Looks like a clam......................


6 posted on 01/23/2025 12:17:08 PM PST by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 3 | View Replies]

To: MtnClimber

Wow.


7 posted on 01/23/2025 12:18:52 PM PST by No name given ( Anonymous is who youโ€™ll know me as)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 2 | View Replies]

To: MtnClimber

8 posted on 01/23/2025 12:21:52 PM PST by Magnum44 (...against all enemies, foreign and domestic... )
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Larry Lucido
Jerry: "Anything you couldn't have gotten sitting at home, tearing open a bag of Doritos and watching Viva Zapata?"

Elaine: "You don't respect my work at all, do you?"

Jerry:"No, I don't."

9 posted on 01/23/2025 12:26:53 PM PST by gundog (The ends justify the mean tweets. )
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 5 | View Replies]

To: MtnClimber

It always gobsmacks me as to how many stars are in a galaxy. So many, and so far away that theyโ€™re only seen by us as a faint glow. And if one looks closely enough at the photo with a magnifier, many more galaxies just like this one are seen, much much further away.


10 posted on 01/23/2025 12:56:10 PM PST by telescope115 (I NEED MY SPACE!!! ๐Ÿ”ญ)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: MtnClimber
thats racist!!!
11 posted on 01/23/2025 12:59:24 PM PST by sit-rep
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: telescope115
And if one looks closely enough at the photo with a magnifier, many more galaxies just like this one are seen, much much further away.

Pick the faintest one, travel to it, I'm guessing you will see a similar picture.

12 posted on 01/23/2025 2:04:47 PM PST by BlackbirdSST (Trump or Bust! Long live the Republic.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 10 | View Replies]

To: telescope115

“Billions and billions” - Carl Sagan. ....We are miniscule.


13 posted on 01/23/2025 2:04:56 PM PST by Omnivore-Dan (Shut)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 10 | View Replies]

To: MtnClimber

Just try and imagine what lives there, that we will never know about.

And vice versa of course.


14 posted on 01/23/2025 3:49:33 PM PST by doorgunner69 (Your oath of enlistment has no expiration date)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: MtnClimber

Doesn’t really look that way in my telescope.

It’s a Caldwell object and I DID see it, but, nothing like that.


15 posted on 01/23/2025 3:53:33 PM PST by Conan the Librarian (Conan the Sailing Librarian)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 2 | View Replies]

To: BlackbirdSST

Very, very true!


16 posted on 01/23/2025 4:21:44 PM PST by telescope115 (I NEED MY SPACE!!! ๐Ÿ”ญ)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 12 | View Replies]

Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.

Free Republic
Browse · Search
General/Chat
Topics · Post Article

FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson