{"id":66078,"date":"2024-11-26T15:07:10","date_gmt":"2024-11-26T15:07:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/d699aefd-a155-464d-8664-597d0f1b70b6"},"modified":"2024-11-26T15:39:37","modified_gmt":"2024-11-26T15:39:37","slug":"webb-telescope-captures-spectacular-view-of-hat-shaped-galaxy-but-where-is-its-glowing-core","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcskyatnight\/rss_feed\/webb-telescope-captures-spectacular-view-of-hat-shaped-galaxy-but-where-is-its-glowing-core\/","title":{"rendered":"Webb Telescope captures spectacular view of hat-shaped galaxy. But where is its glowing core?"},"content":{"rendered":"

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By Iain Todd\n <\/p>

Published: Tuesday, 26 November 2024 at 15:07 PM<\/p>

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The James Webb Space Telescope has captured an image of the famous Sombrero Galaxy, but the galactic hat seems to be missing its large glowing core.<\/p>

The Sombrero Galaxy<\/a> is 30 million lightyears <\/a>from Earth in the constellation Virgo.<\/p>

Known formally as Messier 104 (the 104th entry in the Messier Catalogue<\/a>), it’s a well-known example of an edge-on galaxy<\/a>.<\/p>