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<blockquote style="position: relative; padding-left: 55px;"><section><a href="https://mastodon.social/users/coreyspowell/statuses/116473320881434857">Corey S Powell (coreyspowell@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 27-Apr-2026 07:27:18 JST</a><a href="https://mastodon.social/@coreyspowell" title="coreyspowell@mastodon.social"><img src="https://gnusocial.jp/avatar/32826-48-20221119233213.webp" width="48" height="48" alt="Corey S Powell" style="position: absolute; left: 0; top: 0;">Corey S Powell</a></section><article><p>For your weekend enjoyment, here's a beautiful, expansive new view of the Sombrero Galaxy, courtesy of the 570-megapixel Dark Energy Camera on the Blanco Telescope in Chile. </p><p>The galaxy's dark "brim" is a ring of dust and cold gas encircling a vast ball of stars. </p><p><a href="https://noirlab.edu/public/news/noirlab2612/" rel="nofollow">https://noirlab.edu/public/news/noirlab2612/</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/space" rel="tag">#space</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/science" rel="tag">#science</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/nature" rel="tag">#nature</a></p></article><footer><a rel="bookmark" href="https://gnusocial.jp/conversation/6353624#notice-12513394">In conversation</a><time datetime="2026-04-27T07:27:18+09:00" title="Monday, 27-Apr-2026 07:27:18 JST">about 5 months ago</time> <span>from <span><a href="https://mastodon.social/@coreyspowell/116473320881434857" rel="external" title="Sent from mastodon.social via ActivityPub">mastodon.social</a></span></span><a href="https://mastodon.social/@coreyspowell/116473320881434857">permalink</a><h4>Attachments</h4><ol><li><label><a rel="external" href="https://gnusocial.jp/attachment/6031905">Messier 104, nicknamed the Sombrero galaxy, is a popular target for amateur observing and astronomical research. Its recognizable extended halo and dust-filled disk are captured in this image from the Department of Energy-fabricated Dark Energy Camera (DECam) mounted on the U.S. National Science Foundation Víctor M. Blanco 4-meter Telescope at Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory (CTIO) in Chile, a Program of NSF NOIRLab.</a></label><br><a href="https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/116/473/319/798/919/156/original/f646984b629aeac1.jpg" rel="external">https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/116/473/319/798/919/156/original/f646984b629aeac1.jpg</a></li><li><article><header><div>Domain not in remote thumbnail source whitelist: storage.noirlab.edu</div><h5><a href="https://noirlab.edu/public/news/noirlab2612/">Sombrero Galaxy: The Universe’s Dusty Brimmed Hat Revealed Like Never Before - Dark Energy Camera spies the faint glowing features of Messier 104, known as the Sombrero Galaxy</a></h5><div> from <span>info@noirlab.edu</span></div></header><div>Messier 104, nicknamed the Sombrero Galaxy, is a popular target for amateur observing and astronomical research. Its recognizable extended halo, as well as a faint stellar stream, are captured in exquisite detail in this image from the Department of Energy-fabricated Dark Energy Camera, mounted on the U.S. National Science Foundation Víctor M. Blanco 4-meter Telescope at Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory in Chile, a Program of NSF NOIRLab.</div><footer></footer></article></li></ol></footer></blockquote>

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Corey S Powell (coreyspowell@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 27-Apr-2026 07:27:18 JST Corey S Powell
For your weekend enjoyment, here's a beautiful, expansive new view of the Sombrero Galaxy, courtesy of the 570-megapixel Dark Energy Camera on the Blanco Telescope in Chile.
The galaxy's dark "brim" is a ring of dust and cold gas encircling a vast ball of stars.
https://noirlab.edu/public/news/noirlab2612/ #space #science #nature
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1. Messier 104, nicknamed the Sombrero galaxy, is a popular target for amateur observing and astronomical research. Its recognizable extended halo and dust-filled disk are captured in this image from the Department of Energy-fabricated Dark Energy Camera (DECam) mounted on the U.S. National Science Foundation Víctor M. Blanco 4-meter Telescope at Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory (CTIO) in Chile, a Program of NSF NOIRLab.
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  Sombrero Galaxy: The Universe’s Dusty Brimmed Hat Revealed Like Never Before - Dark Energy Camera spies the faint glowing features of Messier 104, known as the Sombrero Galaxy
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  Messier 104, nicknamed the Sombrero Galaxy, is a popular target for amateur observing and astronomical research. Its recognizable extended halo, as well as a faint stellar stream, are captured in exquisite detail in this image from the Department of Energy-fabricated Dark Energy Camera, mounted on the U.S. National Science Foundation Víctor M. Blanco 4-meter Telescope at Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory in Chile, a Program of NSF NOIRLab.

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