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The Sombrero Galaxy (M104)

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The Sombrero Galaxy (M104)

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An edge-on galaxy with a bright bulging core and a dark, sharply defined dust lane, resembling a wide-brimmed hat.

Sombrero Galaxy (Messier 104)View at NASA / STScI →Image hosted by its source archive. Asteria Star records verified provenance and links to the original.

Caption: The Sombrero Galaxy — an edge-on spiral with a brilliant nucleus and a prominent dust lane.

Scientific context

Messier 104, an edge-on spiral galaxy about 28 million light-years away, notable for its large central bulge and the dark, dusty ring encircling it.

Subject & instruments

Depicts: Sombrero Galaxy

Captured by: Hubble Space Telescope

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Facts on this topic will be cited from these primary and reference sources.

STScISpace Telescope Science Institute
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Hubble/Webb images released by NASA/STScI are generally free to use with a credit line; each item's terms are checked before use.

Provenance

Openly licensed

Credit: NASA/ESA and The Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA)
Institution: NASA/ESA and The Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA)
Source archive: HubbleSite
License: Public Domain
Published: 2003
Provenance verified: 2026-01-01

A 2003 Hubble Heritage mosaic.

Image metadata

Image type: Composite
Wavelength: Visible light
Published: 2003

Not recorded in this catalogue entry: capture date, resolution, exposure, coordinates, DOI. These are left blank rather than estimated — see the source archive for full metadata.