Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Virgo (Vir)  ·  Contains:  M 104  ·  NGC 4594  ·  Sombrero Galaxy
Sombrero Galaxy, TSquasar
Sombrero Galaxy
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Sombrero Galaxy

Acquisition type: Lucky imaging
Sombrero Galaxy, TSquasar
Sombrero Galaxy
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Sombrero Galaxy

Acquisition type: Lucky imaging

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Finally, a beautiful moonless evening. So many objects to consider, but have been wanting to come back to the Sombrero galaxy. And so, here we go.
Chose to continue with the 5 second subs stacked as they are captured thru AsiLive. 
Separated the surounding stars and worked with the galaxy. Reduced the size of the stars and added them back in. Decided on a little more noise around the dust lanes, for more detail. Was pleased to capture some indication of lanes around the opposite side. 
I've read that this galaxy has around 2000 globular clusters, so some of the small "stars" in and around the halo are likely globulars.

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Description: Slight color balance adjustment

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