M104 - Sombrero Galaxy
Right Ascension |
12 : 40.0 (h:m)
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Declination |
-11 : 37 (deg:m)
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Distance |
50000 (kly)
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Visual Brightness |
8.0 (mag)
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Apparent Dimension |
9x4 (arc min)
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![](http://www.utahskies.org/deepsky/messier/charts/m104.jpg)
Below is a "jump-to" guide to finding M104. This is often the easiest way to locate an object with which the observer is not familiar.
![](http://www.ne.jp/asahi/stellar/scenes/object/subimage/m104find.jpg)
M104 (below) in infrared. 2 Micron All Sky Survey.
![](http://pegasus.phast.umass.edu/2mass/archive/m104j.gif")
Go HERE for more multiwavelength images of M104.
To: MozartLover; Joan912; NovemberCharlie; snowfox; Dawgsquat; viligantcitizen; theDentist; ...
2 posted on
10/07/2003 9:26:39 PM PDT by
petuniasevan
(Of all the people I've ever met, you certainly are one of them.)
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4 posted on
10/07/2003 9:28:42 PM PDT by
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To: petuniasevan
Great photo! I don't think I've ever seen it before. The edge-on effect really shows how dust effects the light emitting from such a massive body.
5 posted on
10/08/2003 1:25:27 AM PDT by
BradyLS
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To: petuniasevan
You find the coolest pictures!!
6 posted on
10/08/2003 11:29:51 AM PDT by
SuziQ
To: petuniasevan
SPOTREP - GOD's CREATIVE MARVEL
To: petuniasevan; Junior; longshadow
Wow; Look at this! This is beautiful! My thanks to you for your help!
To: petuniasevan
You obviously have a scientific proclivity (and I don't), so you might not appreciate this but I will post it anyway.
I stop by every night and look at the Astronomy Picture of the Day. This one, as many others also have been, is extraordinarily beautiful. I must confess that when I see these pictures I usually am filled with awe and automatically start humming an old hymn titled "How Great Thou Art".
Sorry about that but I just can't seem to help myself. Hope you don't mind. Just thought I'd let you know that at least one person looks at your pictures and doesn't have the faintest inkling about the meanings of ascension, declinaton, etc., but still enjoys them immensely.
Thank you very much.
11 posted on
10/08/2003 7:36:09 PM PDT by
wife-mom
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