Stock photography picture of Sombrero Galaxy

AARE7N - Licenced Caption Sombrero Galaxy Description Picturesque Sombrero galaxy One of the largest Hubble mosaics ever assembled this magnificent galaxy has a diameter that is nearly one fifth the diameter of the full moon The team used Hubble s Advanced Camera for Surveys to take six pictures of the galaxy and then stitched them together to create the final composite image The photo reveals a myriad of stars in a pancake shaped disk as well as a glowing central bulge of stars Keywords Sombrero, galaxy, HST, spiral, Hubble, galaxies, stars, universe, galactic, dust, gas, dark, matter