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Sombrero Galaxy

Sombrero Galaxy

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Search complete. 5 mentions across 4 episodes found for "Sombrero Galaxy".

Sep 6, 2026

Common Ground Nevada

Common Ground Nevada

The Whole Story - Gen 1:1-3 and 26

Sep 6 · 2 Mentions

DerekHOST
10:06
Let's see this first one.
DerekHOST
10:07
This is the Sombrero Galaxy.
DerekHOST
10:09
So this is really cool.
DerekHOST
10:11
You'll nerd out this week and you'll spend hours doing it if you want.
DerekHOST
10:15
So the Hubble Telescope was launched, I think, in 1990, 1993.
DerekHOST
10:20
And as it got outside of our atmosphere and started taking pictures and sending them back, these are some of the things that it sent back.
DerekHOST
10:26
The Sombrero Galaxy.
DerekHOST
10:28
That's a real picture of a real galaxy.
Astrum Space

Astrum Space

We Thought It Was Impossible, But We’ve Finally Seen It

Aug 31 · 1 Mention

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Alex McColganHOST
41:19
However, Hubble does also take natural color images, too.
Alex McColganHOST
41:23
The Sombrero Galaxy, for instance, had three different images taken in blue, red, and green, or RGB.
Alex McColganHOST
41:31
So the colors you see here are how you would see this galaxy were it bright enough for you to see it.
Alex McColganHOST
41:37
So if Hubble's images of nebula are false color, what would they really look like to us? Generally speaking, a lot more red.

Unknown podcast

How Big Is the Unobservable Universa

Aug 24 · 1 Mention

KeithNARRATOR
51:02
We are looking into Andromeda's past.
KeithNARRATOR
51:05
The Sombrero Galaxy in the Virgo Cluster is about thirty million light-years away.
KeithNARRATOR
51:12
We see it as it was when ancient mammals first appeared on Earth.
KeithNARRATOR
51:16
Whatever the Sombrero is doing now, we will not see for another thirty million years.

Unknown podcast

How Many Galaxies Exist in Our Universe

Aug 24 · 1 Mention

KeithNARRATOR
91:31
The Whirlpool was the first galaxy in which spiral structure was recognized back in 1845 by Lord Rosser using his massive telescope in Ireland.
KeithNARRATOR
91:43
The Sombrero Galaxy, or M104, appears as a bright nucleus surrounded by a large dust lane giving it the appearance of a Mexican hat when viewed edge on.
KeithNARRATOR
91:57
It lies about 30 million light years away and contains an exceptionally massive central black hole estimated at 1 billion solar masses.
KeithNARRATOR
92:07
Despite its relatively close distance, The Sombrero has puzzled astronomers because its star population suggests it is older than most nearby spiral galaxies.

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