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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.   
      
                                  2023 August 13   
      A red-tinged ring of dust is seen nearly on edge. In the ring's center   
       and extending around the frame, blue gas and stars are shown. Please   
                see the explanation for more detailed information.   
      
                          The Sombrero Galaxy in Infrared   
        Credit: R. Kennicutt (Steward Obs.) et al., SSC, JPL, Caltech, NASA   
      
      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,   
      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 optical light actually glows brightly in infrared light. The   
      featured image, digitally sharpened, shows the infrared glow, recently   
      recorded by the orbiting Spitzer Space Telescope, superposed in   
      false-color on an existing image taken by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope   
      in visible light. The Sombrero Galaxy, also known as M104, spans about   
      50,000 light years across and lies 28 million light years away. M104   
      can be seen with a small telescope in the direction of the   
      constellation Virgo.   
      
                         Tomorrow's picture: ring strings   
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