Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Virgo (Vir)  ·  Contains:  M 104  ·  NGC 4594  ·  Sombrero Galaxy
M104 - The Sombrero Galaxy  in RGB, Bill Blanshan
M104 - The Sombrero Galaxy  in RGB
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M104 - The Sombrero Galaxy in RGB

M104 - The Sombrero Galaxy  in RGB, Bill Blanshan
M104 - The Sombrero Galaxy  in RGB
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M104 - The Sombrero Galaxy in RGB

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M104 - The Sombrero Galaxy in it natural RGB color. The Sombrero galaxy got its name because it looks like a Mexican sombrero top hat. This galaxy is located approximately 28 million light years away from Earth and can be found in our southern spring skies between constellations Virgo and Corvus . This galaxy has a very bright core, made up of thousands of globular star clusters and has a distinct outer disk made up of rich dust lanes giving this galaxy a very beautiful and unique look.

To create this image, over 22.5 hours of total imaging time was involved using Astronomik RGB filters and a dedicated astronomy camera, the ZWO 6200mm. The telescope used was a Celestron Edge11 with x0.7 reducer.

This image was shot from my backyard here in Richmond, TX in bortle 8 light polluted skies, which was a huge challenge based on this targets altitude and our bright skies.

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M104 - The Sombrero Galaxy  in RGB, Bill Blanshan