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The Sombrero Galaxy Edge On

The Sombrero Galaxy is captured nearly edge-on against a deep black field of stars, featuring a brilliant white central bulge encircled by a prominent, dark dust lane.

The Sombrero Galaxy almost edge-on, a brilliant white bulge wrapped by a sharp dark dust lane along the rim of the disc, a faint halo of globular clusters around it, long telescope exposure, deep black field See more

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