Sombrero Galaxy
At a glance
- Type
- Galaxy
- Distance
- Other galaxies
- Naked eye
- Only through a telescope
- Known since
- 1600–1900 (early telescopes)
- Colour
- White, Brown
- Feature
- Nothing special
- Difficulty in WildGuessr
- Hard
Did you know?
- It is named after the sombrero, a Mexican hat with a wide brim, because of its shape.
- Both the Hubble and the Webb space telescopes have taken famous pictures of it.
Could you guess it from clues?
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Classification, names and conservation status come from Wikidata (CC0), the photo from Wikimedia Commons. Wikidata Q91461627 · All space objects · All entries