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                           Astronomy Picture of the Day   
      
       Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our   
         fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation   
                       written by a professional astronomer.   
      
                                 2024 November 26   
        The top panel shows a flat ring with a bright center in blue, even   
      though it was taken in near infrared light. The bottom panel shows the   
       same galaxy in visible light and shows a brighter and more expansive   
          center against which the flat ring appears dark. Please see the   
                    explanation for more detailed information.   
      
                     The Sombrero Galaxy from Webb and Hubble   
       Image Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, Hubble Heritage Project (STScI,   
                                       AURA)   
      
      Explanation: This floating ring is the size of a galaxy. In fact, it is   
      a galaxy -- or at least part of one: the photogenic Sombrero Galaxy is   
      one of the largest galaxies in the nearby Virgo Cluster of Galaxies.   
      The dark band of dust that obscures the mid-section of the Sombrero   
      Galaxy in visible light (bottom panel) actually glows brightly in   
      infrared light (top panel). The featured image shows the infrared glow   
      in false blue, recorded recently by the space-based James Webb Space   
      Telescope (JWST) and released yesterday, pictured above an archival   
      image taken by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope in visible light. The   
      Sombrero Galaxy, also known as M104, spans about 50,000 light years and   
      lies 28 million light years away. M104 can be seen with a small   
      telescope in the direction of the constellation Virgo.   
      
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