M104 on Cinco de Mayo (John Favalessa)

Celestial hemisphere: Southern · Constellation: Virgo (Vir) · Contains: M 104 · NGC 4594 · PGC 104819 · PGC 104825 · PGC 116939 · PGC 157913 · PGC 3097710 · PGC 3097712 · PGC 42428 · PGC 961516 · PGC 961836 · PGC 961890 · PGC 962543 · PGC 962764 · PGC 962963 · PGC 963793 · PGC 964161 · PGC 964710 · PGC 964919 · PGC 965208 · PGC 965461 · PGC 965733 · PGC 965843 · PGC 966349 · PGC 966406 · PGC 966618 · PGC 966776 · PGC 966935 · PGC 967255 · Sombrero Galaxy

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M104 on Cinco de Mayo

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M104 on Cinco de Mayo

I always had the Sombrero Galaxy, M104, on my list, but so little time and so many clouds. I should have captured in January when it is above 40 degrees. Anyway, with Cinco de Mayo on May 5, I thought let me try. I found it was between 40 and 25 degrees between 9:30pm and 12:30am, directly pointing at the light pollution dome of LA. With limited data, my new ASI2600MM and LRGB filters, this is my attempt at this marvelous unbarred spiral galaxy. About 800 billion stars. To calm the background, I used some suggestions from Alan Brunelle which are a workflow improvement for me. Actually, I did very little processing in this image. I definitely will try this galaxy again next January. Happy Cinco de Mayo!

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RA (center)	12h39m58s.15
RA (top/left)	12h41m57s.30
RA (top/right)	12h38m05s.67
RA (bottom/right)	12h37m58s.72
RA (bottom/left)	12h41m50s.89

Dec (center)	-11°37′24″.1
Dec (top/left)	-11°19′48″.6
Dec (top/right)	-11°17′22″.1
Dec (bottom/right)	-11°54′56″.8
Dec (bottom/left)	-11°57′24″.0

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