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This slider tool features two views of the Sombrero Galaxy, also known as Messier 104 (M104). The Sombrero galaxy is located around 30 million light-years from Earth in the constellation Virgo.<\/p>\n
The image on the left shows the view of the famous Sombrero Galaxy in mid-infrared light. The James Webb Space Telescope\u2019s MIRI (Mid-Infrared Instrument) reveals the smooth inner disk of the galaxy. The image on the right shows the image as seen by the NASA\/ESA Hubble Space Telescope in visible light from 2010, which shows the large and extended glow of the central bulge of stars.<\/p>\n
Both the Webb and Hubble images resolve the clumpy nature of the dust that makes up the Sombrero galaxy\u2019s outer ring.<\/p>\n
[Image description:<\/i>\u00a0A two panel image. The left image is Webb\u2019s view of the Sombrero galaxy, the right image is Hubble\u2019s view. In the Webb view, the galaxy is a very oblong, blue disk that extends from left to right at an angle (from about 10 o\u2019clock to 5 o\u2019clock). The galaxy has a small bright core at the centre. There is a clear inner disk that has speckles of stars scattered throughout. The outer disk of the galaxy is whiteish-blue, and clumpy, like clouds in the sky. In the Hubble view, the galaxy is an oblong, pale white disk with a glowing core over the inner disk. The outer disk is darker and clumpy.]<\/p>\n
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