Above and Beyond: The Sombrero Galaxy in Infrared Light
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This video shows the striking difference between viewing the Sombrero Galaxy in visible light and infrared light.
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Galaxy Evolution
Produced by the Space Telescope Science Institute’s Office of Public Outreach
All images, illustrations, and videos courtesy of NASA except:
· Milky Way panorama courtesy of ESO/S. Brunier
· Taurus constellation drawing from Firmamentum Sobiescianum sive Uranographia by Johannes Hevelius, courtesy of the United States Naval Observatory
· Andromeda Galaxy image courtesy of Bill Schoening, Vanessa Harvey/REU program/NOAO/AURA/NSF
· Redshift animation courtesy of ESO
· Centaurus A visible-light images courtesy of ESO
Written by Tracy Vogel
Designed by Marc Lussier
Music courtesy of Associated Production Music
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A white disk of a galaxy seen from the edge. A bump in the middle forms the core.
A white disk of a galaxy seen from the edge. A bump in the middle forms the core.
Text, VISIBLE LIGHT. The Sombrero Galaxy, 28 million light-years away, is a striking example of a spiral galaxy seen nearly edge-on from Earth.
VISIBLE AND INFRARED LIGHT. Infrared observations pick up hidden features, like the bright, smooth ring of dust encircling the galaxy, shown in red.
The galaxy in infrared has a blue center disk and red ring around the circumference.
Text, The glow in the center of the galaxy comes from material swirling around the galaxy's huge central black hole.