M104 - Sombrero Galaxy | The Sky Tonight

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The Sombrero galaxy, M104, we see nearly edge-on, with its giant bulge rotating around the center. A huge black hole is believed to be hidden within this rare and wonderful cocoon of shining stars.

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Object ID: M104

Object type: Galaxy

Galaxy type: Spiral

Messier: M104

NGC: 4594

Constellation: Vir

Distance (LY): 2.9-3.1 x 10⁷

Magnitude: 9.00

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Wikipedia: M104

SEDs: M04

SEDs Observation History: M104

Starts with a Bang: M104, the Sombrero Galaxy

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Kerry Magruder, Brent Purkaple, and Aja Tolman, editors, "The Sky Tonight: Cultural Archaeology of the Stars" (December 21, 2019 - ongoing), skytonight.org.