Zoom into The Sombrero Galaxy | Hubble

Zoom into The Sombrero Galaxy | Hubble

The Sombrero Galaxy (also known as Messier Object 104, M104 or NGC 4594) is a peculiar galaxy in the constellation borders of Virgo and Corvus, It has a diameter of approximately 15 kiloparsecs (49,000 light-years), three-tenths the size of the Milky Way.

Distance: 30 million light years

Credit: NASA and G. Bacon (STScI)

Duration: 41 seconds

Release Date: December 31, 2014

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