The Sombrero Galaxy in infrared/by Hubble Space Telescope, NASA. An electrical failure on the Hubble has put its main camera which is responsible for pictures like these out of action until at least 2008 when the space shuttle is scheduled to make repairs on the orbiting telescope.
"The [Advanced Camera for Surveys] actually consists of three sub-cameras that detect and filter light from the ultraviolet to the near infrared. Astronomers can continue to use Hubble’s other instruments – which include the Field Planetary Camera-2 and the Near Infrared Camera Multi-Object Spectrograph – but the loss of its primary camera is being mourned by the scientific community."
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