Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Virgo (Vir)  ·  Contains:  M 104  ·  NGC 4594  ·  Sombrero galaxy
M104 -- Sombrero Galaxy, Greg Allegretti
M104 -- Sombrero Galaxy
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M104 -- Sombrero Galaxy

M104 -- Sombrero Galaxy, Greg Allegretti
M104 -- Sombrero Galaxy
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M104 -- Sombrero Galaxy

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The nearly edge-on presentation of this distant world presents a striking appearance from our vantage point. A swarm of what appear as tiny specs in this image surrounds the galaxy’s central glow. Each of these specs is a globular cluster similar to the Hercules Star Cluster as found in our galaxy.

A massive black hole inhabits the center of M104.

The galaxy lies 30 million light years distant beyond our Milky Way.

This image was captured under high desert skies near Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA with a telescope of 12" aperture at f/8 and an electrically-cooled CCD camera.

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M104 -- Sombrero Galaxy, Greg Allegretti