ESA / Hubble & NASA, K. Noll
Day 19 of the 2025 Space Telescope Advent Calendar: The Sombrero Galaxy. First discovered in 1781 by the French astronomer Pierre Méchain, the Sombrero Galaxy lies about 30 million light-years away, and is well known for its distinctive dark ring of dust, seen here edge-on.
See the full advent calendar here, where a new image will be revealed each day until December 25.
