Here is the normal view of the Sombrero Galaxy in Leo.  This photo is from the
                  ASTRO-PHOTO of the day site:  http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/astropix.html
                  on October 21, 2001                                             Credit Provided below the photo.

                  Below that is one from which the foreground stars have been edited to show what
                  the galaxy would look like if seen from outside of our own galaxy's boundaries.


The Sombrero Galaxy from VLT
Credit: Peter Barthel (Kapteyn Inst.) et al., FORS1, VLT ANTU, ESO



Edited as a thought experiment - No harm intended:  Bob Frybarger

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