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M104 (SOMBRERO GALAXY)

M104 (SOMBRERO GALAXY)

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Object Notes:
  • Constellation: Virgo
  • Location: RA: 12h 39m 59.3s Dec: -11d 37' 22" Epoch 2000
  • Size: 8.6 x 4.2 arc-minutes
  • Magnitude: 8.0
  • Type: Spiral Galaxy
  • AKA: Sombrero Galaxy, ngc4594
Instrument: Ritchey-Chretien 32" Telescope
Focal Ratio: f7.2 (prime focus)
Camera: SBIG STL-11000 CCD camera
(See product review in July, 2004 issue of Sky & Telescope magazine.)
Exposure: 12 x 5 minutes Luminance unbinned
4 x 5 minutes each R/G/B unbinned
Guiding: Off-Axis with STV Autoguider (Santa Barbara Instrument Group)
(See product review in May, 2003 issue of Astronomy magazine.)
See Photo/Guiding Equipment.
Date: 4/06/05
Post Processing: CCDSoft, CCDSharp, MaxIM DL, Photoshop CS

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