Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Virgo (Vir)  ·  Contains:  M 104  ·  NGC 4594  ·  PGC 104819  ·  PGC 116937  ·  PGC 116939  ·  PGC 157913  ·  PGC 3097710  ·  PGC 42428  ·  PGC 961516  ·  PGC 961836  ·  PGC 962543  ·  PGC 962963  ·  PGC 964710  ·  PGC 964919  ·  PGC 965208  ·  PGC 965843  ·  PGC 966406  ·  PGC 966776  ·  PGC 966935  ·  PGC 967255  ·  PGC 967842  ·  Sombrero Galaxy
The Sombrero Galaxy M104, TWFowler
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The Sombrero Galaxy M104

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The Sombrero Galaxy M104

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The Sombrero Galaxy, Messier 104, is a spiral galaxy in Virgo, about 31.1 million lightyears distant.  It is almost edge on with a prominent dust lane and an unusually large central bulge.  It is about 49,000 light across, making it almost 1/3 the diameter of our Milky Way.

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