Cosmic Hat on Display: The Sombrero Galaxy Revealed
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Space.com spotlights Messier 104, the Sombrero Galaxy, a spiral galaxy about 28 million light-years away in Virgo whose distinctive wide, hat-like disk earns it its nickname. The image was captured with the Dark Energy Camera (DECam) on the Blanco 4-meter telescope at Cerro Tololo, part of NOIRLab, and the galaxy hosts roughly 2,000 globular clusters. It’s too faint to see with the naked eye, though binoculars or a small telescope reveal its silhouette. This piece marks Space photo of the day for April 29, 2026.
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