It’s classified as a low luminosity AGN, slowly engulfing on infalling material from the galaxy, while sending off a bright, relatively small, jet.</
Sombrero Galaxy M104 New Infrared Image
New mid-infrared image from the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope features the Sombrero galaxy, also known as Messier 104 (M104).
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The supermassive black hole at the centre of the Sombrero galaxy, also known as an active galactic nucleus (AGN), is rather docile, even at a hefty 9-billion-solar masses.
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