We celebrate Cinco de Mayo today and close out Black Hole Week with this image of the Sombrero galaxy, which harbors a central super massive black hole with 1 billion solar masses and an Event Horizon diameter of 39.4 AU.
The majestic Sombrero galaxy is 50,000 light-years across and is located 30 million light-years from Earth.
Our vantage point when viewing the galaxy is just 6° above its galactic plane.
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