a glowing, sombrero-shaped galaxy
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a composite image of Mars
a light echo from a red supergiant
an aurora on Saturn
glowing cosmic debris resembling pearl necklace
a pair of interacting galaxies
the Messier Galaxy
Jupiter's swirling, spotted surface
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Sombrero Galaxy
Over its lifetime, NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has captured many stunning images. Among the most memorable is this edge-on mosaic of the Sombrero galaxy. With its relatively high brightness magnitude and at a distance of 28 million light-years from Earth, Messier 104, as Sombrero is more formally known, is easily viewed through a small telescope.
Photograph courtesy NASA and the Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA)

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