The Sombrero Galaxy

Ptrope · August 10 2008, 04:33 PM

Given the tenor of this board for the last couple months, this may be seen as a joke, but it's not - I just ran across this today, while looking at a collection of Hubble photos online.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sombrero_Galaxy

It was first discovered in 1767, and appears to have a supermassive black hole (1 billion times the mass of Sol) at its center, among the most massive detected in any nearby galaxy.

Pretty cool!

DontFeedPhil · August 10 2008, 08:18 PM

Umm someone needs to edit that wiki article to show one of our sombreros in place of that first image. That would be cool. But I suck at photoshop.

TerriO · August 10 2008, 08:49 PM

That wouldn't be a suggestion to vandalize Wikipedia, would it?

Samuel T. Cogley · August 11 2008, 02:26 AM

I posted this link in the sombrero thread! I don't know how you could have missed it, what with only a bajillion posts in that thread.

Gep Malakai · August 11 2008, 05:36 AM

Not only that, but I seem to recall someone Photoshoppping a sombrero onto the Sombrero Galaxy at one point or another....

M'Sharak · August 11 2008, 07:33 AM

Also remembering the Galaxy putting in an appearance in the image seen here (from almost exactly four weeks ago.)

Yes, there be nerds afoot.

Edit:

APOD has also got some very nifty images, such as this multiple-color set. Links to more details and images of M104 may be found here.

August 10 2008, 04:33 PM	#1
Ptrope Agitator Location: USA	The Sombrero Galaxy Given the tenor of this board for the last couple months, this may be seen as a joke, but it's not - I just ran across this today, while looking at a collection of Hubble photos online. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sombrero_Galaxy It was first discovered in 1767, and appears to have a supermassive black hole (1 billion times the mass of Sol) at its center, among the most massive detected in any nearby galaxy. Pretty cool! __________________ Star Trek: Reanimated - it's more than just a cartoon!

August 10 2008, 08:18 PM	#2
DontFeedPhil Fleet Captain Location: Just back from Your Moms House...	Re: The Sombrero Galaxy Umm someone needs to edit that wiki article to show one of our sombreros in place of that first image. That would be cool. But I suck at photoshop.

August 10 2008, 08:49 PM	#3
TerriO Writer-type human Location: Doing a little bit of writing	Re: The Sombrero Galaxy That wouldn't be a suggestion to vandalize Wikipedia, would it? __________________ "Asking a working writer what he thinks about critics is like asking a lamppost what it feels about dogs."--John Osborne (no relation that I'm aware of)

August 11 2008, 02:26 AM	#4
Samuel T. Cogley Vice Admiral Location: Hold still, Jim.	Re: The Sombrero Galaxy I posted this link in the sombrero thread! I don't know how you could have missed it, what with only a bajillion posts in that thread. __________________ "If I didn't keep getting distracted by an avatar showing a sombrero'd dog getting his engineering hull penis substitute cut off I'd probably say that the above post was a point well made." - ITL

August 11 2008, 05:36 AM	#5
Gep Malakai Vice Admiral	Re: The Sombrero Galaxy Not only that, but I seem to recall someone Photoshoppping a sombrero onto the Sombrero Galaxy at one point or another.... __________________ "From the darkness you must fall, failed and weak, to darkness all." -Kataris

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August 11 2008, 07:33 AM	#6
M'Sharak Definitely Herbert. Maybe. Location: Terra Inlandia	Re: The Sombrero Galaxy Also remembering the Galaxy putting in an appearance in the image seen here (from almost exactly four weeks ago.) Yes, there be nerds afoot. Edit: APOD has also got some very nifty images, such as this multiple-color set. Links to more details and images of M104 may be found here. __________________ I have long felt that any reviewer who expresses rage and loathing for a novel or a play or a poem is preposterous. He or she is like a person who has put on full armor and attacked a hot fudge sundae or a banana split. — Kurt Vonnegut