[petuniasevan]

M104 - Sombrero Galaxy

Right Ascension	12 : 40.0 (h:m)
Declination	-11 : 37 (deg:m)
Distance	50000 (kly)
Visual Brightness	8.0 (mag)
Apparent Dimension	9x4 (arc min)

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.

M104 (below) in infrared. 2 Micron All Sky Survey.

Go HERE for more multiwavelength images of M104.

[petuniasevan]

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[BradyLS]

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.

[SuziQ]

You find the coolest pictures!!

[LiteKeeper]

SPOTREP - GOD's CREATIVE MARVEL

[JethroHathAWay]

Wow; Look at this! This is beautiful! My thanks to you for your help!

[wife-mom]

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.