Sombrero Galaxy - M 104
One of most famous spiral galaxies is Messier 104, widely known as the "Sombrero" (the Mexican hat) because of its particular shape. It is located towards the constellation Virgo (the ‘virgin’), at a distance of about 30 million light-years and is the 104th object in the famous catalogue of deep-sky objects by French astronomer Charles Messier (1730 - 1817).
New Image from CDK 1000
Image Processing Mark Hanson and Mike Selby
Enjoy, Mark and Mike
This extremely detailed amateur image was taken by Martin Pugh and processed by me. Please take a look at the full resolution image and the wonderful detail in the core of the galaxy. Also note the tidal stream at the bottom of the image (first discovered by David Malin with the Anglo-Australian Telescope)
Data from El Sauce, Chile 17” Planewave CDK
LRGB - 555,300,300,300 Min each