Hubble image of the Sombrero galaxy #BlackHoleWeek

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Edit to add: if you click on the esahubble.com link near the bottom and then click the image there you will get a higher resolution image!

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We celebrate Cinco de Mayo today and close out Black Hole Week with this image of the Sombrero galaxy, which harbors a central super massive black hole with 1 billion solar masses and an Event Horizon diameter of 39.4 AU.



The majestic Sombrero galaxy is 50,000 light-years across and is located 30 million light-years from Earth.

Our vantage point when viewing the galaxy is just 6° above its galactic plane.

https://esahubble.org/images/opo0328a/
#BlackHoleWeek #Hubble #CincoDeMayo
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1. Stunning!

Thanks for your post!

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2. Awesome 👏 I don't like that over used word but it IS awesome..

Sometimes I can’t wrap my brain around the wonders of the universe.

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3. We just aren't equipped to wrap our brains around a billion solar masses compressed into

nearly nothing. (speaking for myself)

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4. Right..we don't have that capability but I'm mesmerized by the endless possibilities

Of where is the beginning and is there an end and all what’s in between.

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5. Closer view