Galaxy
A galaxy with a bright nucleus, large central bulge, and a prominent dust lane, resembling a wide-brimmed hat.
| Type | Galaxy |
|---|---|
| Galaxy type | Spiral |
| Distance from Earth | 31,000,000 ly |
| Diameter | 473,000,000,000,000,000 km |
| Mass | 1.59 × 10^42 kg |
| Apparent magnitude | 8 |
| Redshift | 0.003416 |
| Hemisphere | Southern |
| Discovered | 1781 |
At 473,000,000,000,000,000 km across, Sombrero Galaxy is 37,121,331,031,235 times the diameter of Earth.
Its mass is 799,396,681,750 times the mass of the Sun.
The light reaching us from Sombrero Galaxy tonight left it around 31,000,000 years ago.
Its light arrives redshifted by z = 0.003416, stretched on the way here by the universe's expansion.
It has been on record since 1781.
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