在浩瀚的宇宙中，草帽星系（Sombrero Galaxy，M104）以其独特的形态吸引了无数天文学家的目光。自1781年被法国天文学家皮埃尔·梅尚首次观测以来，这个形似墨西哥草帽的星系便成为了天文史上一个标志性的存在。其中心明亮的核球被一圈浓密的尘埃环所包裹，这一形象深入人心，成为了公众对宇宙之美的经典认知。

The Sombrero galaxy looks entirely different in a new image by the James Webb Space Telescope. Instead of a Mexican hat, it appears more like an archery target.

The Sombrero galaxy looks entirely different in a new image by the James Webb Space Telescope. Instead of a Mexican hat, it appears more like an archery target.

The Sombrero galaxy is so named because, in visible light images, lying nearly edge-on to us, it bears an uncanny resemblance to a sombrero hat, with its wide rim and bulging center. In this new ...

The Sombrero galaxy is so named because, in visible light images, lying nearly edge-on to us, it bears an uncanny resemblance to a sombrero hat, with its wide rim and bulging center. In this new ...

When the Hubble Space Telescope snapped a photo of the Sombrero Galaxy 20 years ago, it resembled a hat, with a brim and glowing crown.. But astronomers may have to rename it the visor galaxy. In ...

The Sombrero Galaxy, also called M104 or NGC 4594, is about 28 million light-years from our planet in the constellation Virgo. It is so named because the halo surrounding its disc is unusually ...