Photo: This image of the Sombrero Galaxy is a mosaic of six images taken by the Hubble Space Telescope’s Advanced Camera for Surveys in May and June 2003 (exposition time: 10.2 hours). Made between May – June 2003. © NASA/ESA and The Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA). Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons.
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