Arp 220 is an ultra-luminous infrared #galaxy (ULIRG) that emits 300 times more light than the #MilkyWay. It also happens to glow brightest in infrared light, Webb's specialty.
Source: #NASA
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The Sombrero Galaxy is a peculiar #galaxy of unclear classification in the constellation borders of #Virgo and #Corvus, being about 9.55 megaparsecs from the Milky Way galaxy.

Stars: 100 billion
Coordinates: RA 12h 39m 59s | Dec -11° 37′ 23″
Apparent mass: ~0.0000008 billion M☉
Age: 13.25 billion years
Distance to Earth: 29.35 million light years
Radius: 25,000 light years
Magnitude: 8

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