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The Sombrero Galaxy<\/strong> (also known as Messier Object 104<\/strong>, M104<\/strong>[4]<\/a><\/sup> or NGC 4594<\/strong>) is a peculiar galaxy<\/a> of unclear classification<\/a>[5]<\/a><\/sup> in the constellation<\/a> borders of Virgo<\/a> and Corvus<\/a>, being about 9.55 megaparsecs<\/a> (31.1 million light-years<\/a>)[2]<\/a><\/sup> from the Milky Way galaxy. It is a member of the Virgo II Groups<\/a>, a series of galaxies and galaxy clusters<\/a> strung out from the southern edge of the Virgo Supercluster<\/a>.[6]<\/a><\/sup> It has an isophotal diameter<\/a> of approximately 29.09 to 32.32 kiloparsecs<\/a> (94,900 to 105,000 light-years<\/a>),[1]<\/a><\/sup> making it slightly bigger in size than the Milky Way<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It has a bright nucleus, an unusually large central bulge, and a prominent dust lane<\/a> in its outer disk, which from Earth is viewed almost edge-on. The dark dust lane and the bulge give it the appearance of a sombrero<\/a> hat (thus the name). Astronomers initially thought the halo was small and light, indicative of a spiral galaxy; but the Spitzer Space Telescope<\/a> found that the halo was significantly larger and more massive than previously thought, indicative of a giant elliptical galaxy<\/a>.[7]<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Acquisition Details:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Telescope<\/td>Takahashi TOA-130<\/td><\/tr>
Optics<\/td>Takahashi TOA-645 Flattener<\/td><\/tr>
Filter<\/td>None<\/td><\/tr>
Camera<\/td>ASI2600MC Pro OSC<\/td><\/tr>
Integration Time<\/td>3.8 hours<\/td><\/tr>
Subframes<\/td>77 x 180 seconds<\/td><\/tr>
Date<\/td>April 19, 2025<\/td><\/tr>
Location<\/td>Carlsbad, California<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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Wikipedia: The Sombrero Galaxy (also known as Messier Object 104, M104[4] or NGC 4594) is a peculiar galaxy of unclear classification[5] in the constellation borders of Virgo and Corvus, being about 9.55 megaparsecs (31.1 million light-years)[2] from the Milky Way galaxy. It is a member of the Virgo II Groups, a series of galaxies and galaxy […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":753,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-750","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-galaxies"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lonepeak.space\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/750","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lonepeak.space\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lonepeak.space\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lonepeak.space\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lonepeak.space\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=750"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.lonepeak.space\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/750\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":761,"href":"https:\/\/www.lonepeak.space\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/750\/revisions\/761"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lonepeak.space\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/753"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lonepeak.space\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=750"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lonepeak.space\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=750"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lonepeak.space\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=750"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}