Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Virgo (Vir)  ·  Contains:  M 104  ·  NGC 4594  ·  Sombrero Galaxy
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M104 --  Sombrero Galaxy --  LRGB, Michael Sherick
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M104 -- Sombrero Galaxy -- LRGB

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M104 --  Sombrero Galaxy --  LRGB, Michael Sherick
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M104 -- Sombrero Galaxy -- LRGB

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Revision 4-11-22:  This object has been difficult to process...  In this revision, I reduced the number of subframes by half, based on quality.  In doing this, I lost some of the color, but perhaps revealed a bit more of the spiral structure in the central region of the galaxy.  All this is subjective of course...

This image of M104 "The Sombrero Galaxy" was done in LRGB.  Image data was:  125 x 300s Luminance; 36 x 600s each RGB 2x2.
This is a work in progress, but I thought I would share the preliminary image result.  I plan on reprocessing the data again with a new calibration files.

Imaged 4-3-22 over multiple nights, with various seeing conditions, averaging about 3 arc secs. 
Imaged from the Sagrada Observatory, Las Cruces, NM.  Telescope:  24" RC   Camera: FLI-PL-09000 Gen II Filters.

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M104 --  Sombrero Galaxy --  LRGB, Michael Sherick