The Sombrero galaxy, located at the southern end of the galaxy-rich Virgo cluster, shines 28 million light-years from Earth in this composite image taken by NASA Hubble and the Spitzer Space Telescope. Hubble captured the galaxy in visible light, while Spitzer imaged it in four different microns in the infrared: blue, green, orange and red.

The Sombrero galaxy can be seen here almost on the edge. This spiral galaxy has a diameter of 50,000 light years and is about half the size of our Milky Way galaxy. At the centre of the Sombrero galaxy, scientists estimate that there is a black hole about a billion times larger than our Sun.

Image description: The left and right edges of the Sombrero galaxy appear red, the centre of the rings yellow-green, and the centre of the galaxy light blue with a white core. Stars and galaxies appear dotted throughout the image.

Isn't it a beautiful image like a rainbow?