Comments on: Sombrero Galaxy. http://www.neatorama.com/2006/10/30/sombrero-galaxy/ The Neat Side of the Web Thu, 16 Feb 2012 05:24:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Minnesotastan http://www.neatorama.com/2006/10/30/sombrero-galaxy/comment-page-1/#comment-1895582 Minnesotastan Sun, 06 Dec 2009 07:07:57 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2006/10/30/sombrero-galaxy/#comment-1895582 A better photo is now available - http://terpsichore.stsci.edu/~summers/viz/hgast/hgast_imax_sombrero_galaxy_0510_1404x1024.jpg - and it has been voted the best picture taken by the Hubble telescope (which is saying a lot!). More info at the Hubble site - http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/2003/28/image/a including wallpaper images to fit your computer screen - http://hubblesite.org/gallery/wallpaper/pr2003028a/ 800 BILLION suns in this one galaxy. The mind reels. A better photo is now available -

http://terpsichore.stsci.edu/~summers/viz/hgast/hgast_imax_sombrero_ga laxy_0510_1404x1024.jpg

- and it has been voted the best picture taken by the Hubble telescope (which is saying a lot!).

More info at the Hubble site -

http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/2003/28/image/a

including wallpaper images to fit your computer screen -

http://hubblesite.org/gallery/wallpaper/pr2003028a/

800 BILLION suns in this one galaxy. The mind reels.

]]> By: Denita TwoDragons http://www.neatorama.com/2006/10/30/sombrero-galaxy/comment-page-1/#comment-44672 Denita TwoDragons Tue, 31 Oct 2006 05:57:58 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2006/10/30/sombrero-galaxy/#comment-44672 Looks more like a giant Aerobie to me... --TwoDragons Looks more like a giant Aerobie to me…

–TwoDragons

]]> By: mrgoodbar http://www.neatorama.com/2006/10/30/sombrero-galaxy/comment-page-1/#comment-44666 mrgoodbar Tue, 31 Oct 2006 05:06:03 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2006/10/30/sombrero-galaxy/#comment-44666 I don't suppose we can build a giant wall around the Milky Way to keep this Sombrero Galaxy from coming over here and steeling our low paying labor jobs and sleeping 12 to a room can we? I don’t suppose we can build a giant wall around the Milky Way to keep this Sombrero Galaxy from coming over here and steeling our low paying labor jobs and sleeping 12 to a room can we?

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