El Sombrero

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An edge-on view of the barred spiral galaxy that celebrates on Cinco de Mayo.
🧭 Where is it? View this image via World Wide Telescope.
Telescope:   Celestron
Length:   1645mm
Aperture:   235mm
F-stop:   f/7.0
Sessions:   1
Captured:   2023-05-11 to 2023-05-11
Lights:   112
Exposure:   120
Total exposure:   3 h
Ra:   12h 39m 58.9s
Dec:   -11° 37' 4.613
Size:   21.739 x 17 arcmin
Radius:   0.23 deg
Scale:   0.255 arcsec/pixel

Related images:

A detailed look at the flying saucer with a Celestron EdgeHD 9.25.
The Sombrero Galaxy features a bright core illuminated by over 2,000 globular clusters and presents a dark dust lane in the edgewise view of the spiral.
Messier 104 is referred to as 'The Sombrero Galaxy.' Can you guess why? This galaxy presents itself edge-on with a bright core and dark dust obscuring the central disk. 45 60-second exposures.

Objects in frame:

NGC4594 M104 Sombrero Galaxy
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