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Name: Sombrero Galaxy - M104

 

Sombrero Galaxy  is a edge-on spiral galaxy about 50 million light-years away in the constellation Virgo.

It has a bright nucleus, an unusually large central bulge, and a prominent dust lane in its inclined disk. The dark dust lane and the bulge give this galaxy the appearance of a sombrero.  The large bulge, the central supermassive black hole and the dust lane all attract the attention of professional astronomers.

 

 

 

 

Date: 11/04/2008 Deepskystacker: Auto Adaptive Weigthed Average.
Location: Golden Grove.
Camera: Canon 20D - Standard Photoshop CS2: levels, colour balance, curves, saturation, scaling, jpeg conversion . 
Optics: Mead LX200R
Exposure:   11 x  300 Seconds.
Total Exposure:  55 Minutes.
Guiding: DSI on Skywatcher ED80.  
   

Position in Sky

 
RA (J2000):     12h 39.88m  
DEC (J2000):  -11* 37.145 '  
Constellation:  Virgo  
Distance: 50 Million Light Years