Sombrero Galaxy.



You’re looking at the combined visible (Hubble Space Telescope) and infrared (Spitzer Space Telescope) pictures of the Sombrero Galaxy [wiki], which was called that because of its resemblance to the broad rim Mexican hat! Link - via Spocko


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Posted on October 30, 2006 at 10:57 pm by Alex
Category: 1 Other Neat Things



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