Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Virgo (Vir)  ·  Contains:  HD110086  ·  M 104  ·  NGC 4594  ·  Sombrero Galaxy
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M104 - Sombrero Galaxy, John Dziuba
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M104 - Sombrero Galaxy

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M104 - Sombrero Galaxy

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I have always been fascinated with the Sombrero Galaxy.   It is a near perfect edge-on view of a elliptical galaxy that is located roughly 31 million light years away.  It is roughly 30 percent of the size of the Milky Way. 

I captured these images over three nights with marginal transparency and mediocre seeing conditions.  I look forward to attempting this again in the future with better conditions.

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