{"id":425457,"date":"2024-11-27T11:01:13","date_gmt":"2024-11-27T11:01:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=425457"},"modified":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"-0001-11-29T14:00:00","slug":"Astronomers-capture-stunning-new-image-of-Sombrero-galaxy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/Astronomers-capture-stunning-new-image-of-Sombrero-galaxy\/","title":{"rendered":"Astronomers capture stunning new image of Sombrero galaxy"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The James Webb Space Telescope captured the Sombrero galaxy with its MIRI (Mid-Infrared Instrument). (NASA\/ESA\/CSA\/STScI via SWNS)<\/p>\n

By Dean Murray via SWNS<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Space scientists have captured a startling new image of the so-called Sombrero galaxy<\/a>.<\/p>\n

NASA\u2019s James Webb Space Telescope<\/a> snapped a mid-infrared view of Messier 104 (M104), also named for its resemblance to a broad-brimmed Mexican hat.<\/p>\n

In the image, the signature, glowing core of the galaxy<\/a> seen in visible-light images does not shine, and instead a smooth inner disk is revealed.<\/p>\n

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This 2010 image by the NASA\/ESA Hubble Space Telescope shows the large and extended glow of the central bulge of stars. (NASA\/ESA\/CSA\/STScI via SWNS)<\/p>\n

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The sharp resolution of Webb\u2019s MIRI (Mid-Infrared Instrument) also brings into focus details of the galaxy\u2019s outer ring, providing insights into how the dust, an essential building block for astronomical objects in the universe, is distributed.<\/p>\n

The galaxy\u2019s outer ring, which appeared smooth like a blanket in imaging from NASA\u2019s retired Spitzer Space Telescope<\/a>, shows intricate clumps in the infrared for the first time.<\/p>\n

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An illustration of the James Webb Telescope. (NASA\/ESA\/CSA\/STScI via SWNS)<\/p>\n

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A 2010 visible light image of M104 by the NASA\/ESA Hubble Space Telescope<\/a> shows the large and extended glow of the central bulge of stars.<\/p>\n

ESA said: “Both the Webb and Hubble images resolve the clumpy nature of the dust that makes up the Sombrero galaxy\u2019s outer ring.”<\/p>\n

The Sombrero galaxy is around 30 million light-years from Earth in the constellation Virgo<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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