Sombrero Galaxy (Messier 104) - LRGB (Jon Gascoyne)

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

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Sombrero Galaxy (Messier 104) - LRGB

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Sombrero Galaxy (Messier 104) - LRGB

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The Sombrero Galaxy (also known as Messier 104, M104 or NGC 4594) is a peculiar galaxy of unclear classification in the constellation borders of Virgo and Corvus. It is located approximately 31.1 million light-years from the Milky Way. The galaxy's most striking feature is the dust lane that crosses in front of the bulge of the galaxy. This dust lane is actually a symmetrical ring that encloses the bulge. The centre of the galaxy is believed to comprise a supermassive blackhole (~1 billion Solar masses).

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Raw imaging data supplied by Remote Skygems Observatory, Hakos, Namibia
Available from the Starbase website https://starbase.insightobservatory.com/inventory

Equipment specifications:

Telescope: AG Optical 20" f/6.7 Imaging Dall-Kirkham (iDK)
Camera: FLI Proline 16803
Filters: Luminance/Red/Green/Blue
Guiding: Unknown
Mount: Planewave L-500

Acquisition (11/06/23 - 19/06/23):

31 x 300 sec LUMINANCE (bin x1)
30 x 300 sec RED (bin x1)
30 x 300 sec GREEN (bin x1)
29 x 300 sec BLUE (bin x1)

Total integration time: 10 hrs 0 min

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Status	Advanced success
Started	...
Astrometry.net job	9094096
PixInsight job	VE9OH05YZEE7Z1ROGQH4KLZM2N7EVRLN
PixInsight queue size	n/a
PixInsight stage	TASK_LOG

RA (center)	12h40m00s.575
RA (top/left)	12h40m59s.209
RA (top/right)	12h38m56s.512
RA (bottom/right)	12h39m01s.871
RA (bottom/left)	12h41m04s.706

Dec (center)	-11°37′00″.20
Dec (top/left)	-11°25′43″.83
Dec (top/right)	-11°27′39″.17
Dec (bottom/right)	-11°48′15″.82
Dec (bottom/left)	-11°46′20″.17

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