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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Marcia Dunn

The wide-brimmed Sombrero galaxy is revealed in all its splendor by a telescope in Chile

Sombrero Galaxy - (NSF NOIRLab)

The Sombrero galaxy and its glowing halo of stars have never looked this good.

The U.S. National Science Foundation’s NOIRLab released the latest photo of the popular hat-shaped galaxy on Friday. A telescope in Chile observed it four years ago, but the color imaging was not completed until this week.

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