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The Sombrero Galaxy Split Personality
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The Sombrero Galaxy Split Personality

NASA / JPL · 2012-04-24 · photograph (digital archive)

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This infrared vision of NASA Spitzer Space Telescope has revealed that the Sombrero galaxy, named after its appearance in visible light to a wide-brimmed hat, is in fact two galaxies in one.

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Credit lineThe Sombrero Galaxy Split Personality. NASA/JPL, 2012-04-24. Public domain. ID: PIA15426.

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