JWST - NGC 4594 - M104 - Sombrero galaxy - weic2427a - Virgo Constellation - MIRI - Magnification and reconstruction via AI.

This is our version, via our artificial intelligence model, of the image weic2427a provided by Esa Webb about Sombrero Galaxy (also known NGC 4594 or Messier Object 104 or M104). James Webb Space Telescope recently imaged the Sombrero galaxy with its MIRI (Mid-Infrared Instrument), resolving the clumpy nature of the dust along the galaxy’s outer ring.

 

The mid-infrared light highlights the gas and dust that are part of star formation taking place among the Sombrero galaxy’s outer disk. The rings of the Sombrero galaxy produce less than one solar mass of stars per year, in comparison to the Milky Way’s roughly two solar masses a year. It’s not a particular hotbed of star formation.

 

The Sombrero galaxy is around 30 million light-years from Earth in the constellation Virgo. The image was made public on November 25, 2024 at 16:00 UTC.

 

The file is available at 182.85 million pixels for download at a resolution of 23388x7818 pixels.

 

Map of colours in the image from Webb:

blue for 7.7 μm (PAH);

green for 11.3 μm (PAH);

red for 12.8 μm.

 

Constellation: Virgo.

Dimensions Image: 7.2 arcminutes across (60,000 light-years).

Distance: 29-30 million light-years.

Exposure Dates: June 7, 2024

Object Description: Edge-on lenticular galaxy.

 

Credits: NASA/ESA/CSA/STScI. Magnification and reconstruction via AI by PipploIMP.

 

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