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Spitzer Spies Spectacular Sombrero
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NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope set its infrared eyes on one of the most famous objects in the sky, Messier 104, also called the Sombrero galaxy. In this striking infrared picture, Spitzer sees an exciting new view of a galaxy that in visible light has been likened to a "sombrero," but here looks more like a "bulls-eye." Recent observations using Spitzer's infrared array camera uncovered the bright, smooth ring of dust circling the galaxy, seen in red.
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Credit lineSpitzer Spies Spectacular Sombrero. NASA/JPL, 2005-05-04. Public domain. ID: PIA07899.
