Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Virgo (Vir)  ·  Contains:  M 104  ·  NGC 4594  ·  Sombrero galaxy
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The Amazing Sombrero Galaxy - M104, Andy 01
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The Amazing Sombrero Galaxy - M104

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The Amazing Sombrero Galaxy - M104

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28,000,000 light Years Distant!

This amazing galaxy has long been on my bucket list.

Looks like a UFO being chased by stormtroopers – “Pew Pew Pew”, as the three stars to the upper right look like laser bursts… well to me anyway!

M104 from dark site in Country Victoria, Australia.

5 hrs LUM & RGB Data in 3-5 min subs

Processed using Astro Pixel Processor & Photoshop CC 2019

The striking spiral galaxy M104 is famous for its nearly edge-on profile featuring a broad ring of obscuring dust lanes. Seen in silhouette against an extensive bulge of stars, the swath of cosmic dust lends a broad brimmed hat-like appearance to the galaxy suggesting the more popular moniker, The Sombrero Galaxy.

M104 has a bright central bulge when viewed with ground-based instruments. Also known as NGC 4594, the Sombrero galaxy can be seen across the spectrum and is thought to host a central supermassive black hole. About 50,000 light-years across and 28 million light-years away, M104 is one of the largest galaxies at the southern edge of the Virgo Galaxy Cluster. (text >Apod)

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