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                          NGC 7814: Little Sombrero
                 Image Credit & [3]Copyright: [4]Mike Selby

   Explanation: Point your telescope toward the high flying constellation
   [5]Pegasus and you can find this cosmic expanse of [6]Milky Way stars
   and distant galaxies. NGC 7814 is centered in the sharp field of view
   that would almost be [7]covered by a full moon. [8]NGC 7814 is
   sometimes called the [9]Little Sombrero for its resemblance to the
   brighter more famous M104, [10]the Sombrero Galaxy. Both Sombrero and
   Little Sombrero are spiral galaxies seen edge-on, and both have
   [11]extensive halos and central bulges cut by a thin disk with thinner
   dust lanes in silhouette. [12]In fact, NGC 7814 is some 40 million
   light-years away and an estimated 60,000 light-years across. That
   actually makes the [13]Little Sombrero about the same physical size as
   its better known namesake, appearing smaller and fainter only because
   it is farther away.

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References

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   2. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/image/2501/NGC_7814_crop-rev-1.jpg
   3. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/about_apod.html#srapply
   4. https://throughlightandtime.com/about/
   5. https://earthsky.org/constellations/pegasus-the-winged-horse-autumn-skies/
   6. https://throughlightandtime.com/ngc-7814-lrgb-crop-cdk-1000-8-sept-2024/
   7. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap130801.html
   8. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NGC_7814
   9. https://science.nasa.gov/centers-and-facilities/goddard/hubbles-little-sombrero/
  10. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap241126.html
  11. https://www.iaa.csic.es/en/news/enigmatic-assembly-process-sombrero-galaxy
  12. http://arxiv.org/abs/1105.3867
  13. https://www.nasa.gov/content/goddard/hubbles-little-sombrero
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