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Somewhere over the rainbow 🌈⁣ ⁣ In the southern edge of the galaxy-rich Virgo cluster, the Sombrero galaxy shines bright 28 million light-years from Earth in this composite view captured by NASAHubble and the Spitzer Space Telescope. Hubble captured the galaxy in visible light, while Spitzer viewed it in infrared in four different microns: blue, green, orange, and red.⁣ ⁣ The Sombrero galaxy is seen here nearly edge-on. The spiral galaxy is 50,000 light-years in diameter, around half the size of our Milky Way galaxy. At the Sombrero galaxy’s center, scientists estimate there is a black hole that is around a billion times more massive than our Sun.⁣ ⁣ Image description: The left and right edges of the Sombrero galaxy appear red, the middle of the rings appear yellow-green, and the center of the galaxy appears light blue with a white core. Stars and galaxies appear dotted across the image.⁣ ⁣ Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech and The Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA)⁣ ⁣ #Galaxy #Space #NASA #Uni...

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