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



    
        

            Peter Goodhew
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M 104

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            Peter Goodhew
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M 104

Revision title: crop

Equipment

Imaging Telescopes Or Lenses
Planewave CDK24
Imaging Cameras
FLI PL09000

Acquisition details

Frames:
Astrodon Blue: 6×300(30′) bin 1×1
Astrodon Blue: 12×600(2h) bin 1×1
Astrodon Green 1.25: 6×300(30′) bin 1×1
Astrodon Green 1.25: 13×600(2h 10′) bin 1×1
Astrodon Lum: 15×600(2h 30′) bin 1×1
Astrodon Red: 6×300(30′) bin 1×1
Astrodon Red: 13×600(2h 10′) bin 1×1
Integration:
10h 20′

RA center: 12h39m58s.585

DEC center: -11°3725.55

Pixel scale: 0.310 arcsec/pixel

Orientation: 1.017 degrees

Field radius: 0.169 degrees

WCS transformation: thin plate spline

More info:Open 

Resolution: 3392x1960

File size: 3.2 MB

Data source: Amateur hosting facility

Remote source: Telescope Live

Description

Messier 104 is one of my favourite galaxies. Like a giant flying saucer it has beautiful majestic symmetry.  It is in the constellation Virgo; is around 50,000 light years across; and is 28 million light years from earth.

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