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M 104 · Galaxy · Virgo

Sombrero Galaxy

Also known as NGC 4594 · PGC 42407

Shot with Celestron EdgeHD 8 with 0.7× reducer ×1 · Seestar S30 ×1 · Sky-Watcher Esprit 100ED ×1

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Type

Galaxy

Constellation

Virgo

Position (J2000)

12h 39m 59s · −11° 37′ 23″

Discovered

by William Herschel and Pierre Méchain in 1781

Pictures

3

Typical integration

7.3 h

Magnitude

8.59

visual

Size

8.5′ × 4.9′

Distance

~41,000,000 ly

Best months

Feb–Apr

Catalogue data from OpenNGC by Mattia Verga, CC BY-SA 4.0. Distances, discoverers and common names from Wikidata, CC0.