The Sombrero Galaxy from Hubble
Named the sombrero galaxy for its hat-like resemblance, M104 features a prominent dust lane and a bright halo of stars and globular clusters. Reasons for its hat-like appearance include an unusually large and extended central bulge of stars, and dark prominent dust lanes that appear in a disk that we see nearly edge-on. Billions of old stars cause the diffuse glow of the extended central bulge. The very center of the Sombrero is thought to host a black hole! It's a really awesome picture to look at.
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