The Little Sombrero Galaxy
NGC 7814 in Pegasus
is sometimes called the Little Sombrero for its resemblance to M104, the Sombrero Galaxy in Virgo. Both 'Mexican hats' are edge-on spiral galaxies with extensive central bulges cut by a thin, disc-like dust lane. NGC 7814 (also known as UGC 8 or Caldwell 43) is some 40, 000,000 light-years away and an estimated 60,000 light-years across.
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is sometimes called the Little Sombrero for its resemblance to M104, the Sombrero Galaxy in Virgo. Both 'Mexican hats' are edge-on spiral galaxies with extensive central bulges cut by a thin, disc-like dust lane. NGC 7814 (also known as UGC 8 or Caldwell 43) is some 40, 000,000 light-years away and an estimated 60,000 light-years across.
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