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  2. Sombrero Galaxy - Wikipedia

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    The Sombrero Galaxy has a relatively large number of globular clusters, observational studies of which have produced population estimates in the range of 1,200 to 2,000. [ 24 ] [ 25 ] [ 26 ] The ratio of globular clusters to the galaxy's total luminosity is high compared to the Milky Way and similar galaxies with small bulges, but comparable to ...

  3. NGC 7814 - Wikipedia

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    NGC 7814 (also known as UGC 8 or Caldwell 43) is a spiral galaxy about 40 million light-years away in the constellation Pegasus.The galaxy is seen edge-on from Earth.It is sometimes referred to as "the little sombrero", a miniature version of Messier 104.

  4. List of most massive black holes - Wikipedia

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    The supermassive black hole at the core of Messier 87, here shown by an image by the Event Horizon Telescope, is among the black holes in this list.. This is an ordered list of the most massive black holes so far discovered (and probable candidates), measured in units of solar masses (M ☉), approximately 2 × 10 30 kilograms.

  5. Webb telescope captures stunning new image of the "Sombrero ...

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    The Sombrero galaxy, named for its resemblance to the Mexican hat, is about 30 million light-years from Earth. ... A comparison of the Hubble telescope and Webb telescope images of the Sombrero ...

  6. List of largest galaxies - Wikipedia

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    Listed below are galaxies with diameters greater than 700,000 light-years. This list uses the mean cosmological parameters of the Lambda-CDM model based on results from the 2015 Planck collaboration, where H 0 = 67.74 km/s/Mpc, Ω Λ = 0.6911, and Ω m = 0.3089. [3]

  7. A galaxy named for its resemblance to a sombrero looks ...

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    But the Sombrero galaxy is quiet in terms of star formation compared with other galaxies such as Messier 82. Ten times as many stars are born in the latter galaxy than the estimated 100 billion ...

  8. List of galaxies - Wikipedia

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    The ring is the result of collision with another galaxy [citation needed] Little Sombrero Galaxy: Pegasus: Named after its similarity to the Sombrero Galaxy. [citation needed] Malin 1: Coma Berenices: Discovered and named by David Malin. [citation needed] Meathook Galaxy: Volans: After its appearance resembling a meathook. [citation needed ...

  9. NGC 5746 - Wikipedia

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    NGC 5746 is located at a distance of 99 million light years [7] and is seen nearly edge-on, bearing a strong resemblance with the galaxy NGC 4565, that is also seen nearly edge-on. Galaxy NGC 5746, by HST. As with the former, it has a box-shaped bulge that is actually a bar seen from one side [7] and a currently modest star formation activity. [8]