M104 (NGC4594)
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Type Location r.a. dec. Size Magnitude Distance
Galaxy Virgo 12h40.0 -11°37' 8.9' x 4.1' 8.3 40 Mly

The "Sombrero" galaxy. This well known galaxy is often displayed with shining red and orange colours... This is "artistic" interpretation... Several globular clusters belonging to this galaxy can be seen as fuzzy dots on the enlarged image.

x2 enlargement (.7 arc sec / pixel)

 

Date Telescope Binning Exp Time (s) Special processing Notes
04/08/03 Centurion
18"
L 1:1
RGB 3:1
L 6x300
R,G,B 300
LRGB, Max Entropy