Sombrero Galaxy Webb and Hubble Comparison
stsci_2024-137b November 25th, 2024
Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, and STScI
This image compares the view of the famous Sombrero Galaxy in mid-infrared light (top) and visible light (bottom). The James Webb Space Telescope’s MIRI (Mid-Infrared Instrument) reveals the smooth inner disk of the galaxy, while the Hubble Space Telescope’s visible-light image shows the large and extended glow of the central bulge of stars.
Both the Webb and Hubble images resolve the clumpy nature of the dust that makes up the Sombrero Galaxy’s outer ring.
Provider: Space Telescope Science Institute
Image Source: https://webbtelescope.org/contents/news-releases/2024/news-2024-137
Curator: STScI, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- ID
- 2024-137b
- Subject Category
- C.5.1 C.5.1.3
- Subject Name
- Sombrero Galaxy, M104
- Credits
- NASA, ESA, CSA, and STScI
- Release Date
- 2024-11-25
- Lightyears
- 29,350,000
- Redshift
- 29,350,000
- Reference Url
- https://webbtelescope.org/contents/news-releases/2024/news-2024-137
- Type
- Observation
- Image Quality
- Good
- Distance Notes
- Distance in lightyears
- Facility
- Webb, Webb, Webb
- Instrument
- MIRI, MIRI, MIRI
- Color Assignment
- Blue, Green, Red
- Band
- Infrared, Infrared, Infrared
- Bandpass
- Central Wavelength
- 7700, 11300, 12800
- Start Time
- Integration Time
- Dataset ID
- Notes
- Coordinate Frame
- ICRS
- Equinox
- 2000.0
- Reference Value
- 189.99489826019, -11.62803261674
- Reference Dimension
- Reference Pixel
- Scale
- Rotation
- Coordinate System Projection:
- Quality
- Position
- FITS Header
- Notes
- Creator (Curator)
- STScI
- URL
- https://www.stsci.edu/
- Name
- Space Telescope Science Institute Office of Public Outreach
- outreach@stsci.edu
- Telephone
- 410-338-4444
- Address
- 3700 San Martin Drive
- City
- Baltimore
- State/Province
- MD
- Postal Code
- 21218
- Country
- USA
- Rights
- https://www.stsci.edu/copyright
- Publisher
- STScI
- Publisher ID
- stsci
- Resource ID
- STSCI-J-p24137b-f-2290x1944.tif
- Resource URL
- https://mast.stsci.edu/api/latest/Download/file?uri=mast:OPO/product/STSCI_PR_2024-137/STSCI-J-p24137b-f-2290x1944.tif
- Related Resources
- Metadata Date
- 2024-12-18T16:19:44-05:00
- Metadata Version
- 1.2
Detailed color mapping information coming soon...
