The Sombrero Galaxy

Some of the defining features of The Sombrero Galaxy are its bright its large central bulge, and a dust lane on its disk.The Galaxy is seen nearly edge on, and so it has the appearance of a Sombrero hat. The Sombrero Galaxy is actually much larger than what can be seen in the image below.The Galaxy is surround by a halo of stars, dust and gas that indicate that it may actually be an elliptical galaxy.Astronomers think that galaxies are made of hydrogen gas clouds rough dust. Most Galaxies contain Black Holes that has a gravity feild of 200 million stellar masses-that causes galaxies to spin.