M104 - the Sombrero Galaxy

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M104 - the Sombrero Galaxy

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After finding Saturn, head down south, across the border, and take a look at the mexican hat galaxy - M104.

Always one of my favorites, it show a nice dark dust lane, and is generally visible with a fairly small scope. And gets awesome with a little aperture.

Can you see the central bulge?

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I will seriously search M104 out with the 8 inch SCT and then in the binos...good weather predicted this week...
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All though this should be in the image thread, But the subject here is M104. Here is a pic I did last year. It's shot with a 120mm refactor @f/5 using a Sbig ST 7.


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Nice Joe- look at that dust lane! Keep 'em comin'!
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Nice shot Joe. I do so love galaxy images. Keep up the good work :!: 8)
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Re: M104 - the Sombrero Galaxy

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Wow Joe!

I missed your post while I was on a work trip. That's a good shot of the galaxy. I'm no expert, but if you streched out the grey levels you might see more of it.

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Thanks Bob. I'll try to play the the levels to bring it out more.
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