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The Sombrero galaxy, with its wide-brimmed, hat-like structure and glowing halo of stars, has been captured in striking detail by a telescope in Chile. The U.S. National Science Foundation’s NOIRLab released the newly processed image of the well-known galaxy on Friday. Although the telescope observed the object four years ago, full-color processing was only completed this week. Located about 30 million light-years from Earth, the spiral galaxy—officially named Messier 104—is among the largest in the Virgo cluster constellation. It spans an estimated 50,000 light-years, with one light-year equal to roughly six trillion miles. Blue Origin grounds New Glenn rocket after satellite placed in wrong orbit The newly revealed image shows its stellar halo in remarkable clarity, appearing nearly three times larger than the galaxy’s main sombrero-shaped disk. A dark energy camera attached to the telescope also detected a stream of stars extending from the galaxy’s southern edge. Scientists believe both this stellar stream and the halo were formed from material stripped away from other galaxies during a long-ago collision. Astronomers first discovered the Sombrero galaxy in the 1700s.