The Sombrero Galaxy
By Michael Vlasov
Messier 104, The Sombrero Galaxy
The Sombrero Galaxy is 50,000 light years across and 28 million light years away is about 50,000 Light years in diameter. A large and dusty spiral, it lies on the southern boundries of the Virgo Cluster of Galaxies. Deep imaging of M104 shows it to be surrounded by a halo of dust and gas extending up to 7-10 galactic diameters from the galaxy’s center.
Michael,
A great looking large spiral galaxy in an interesting star field. Nicely captured.
Frank