« Previous Post
28,000,000 light Years Distant!
This amazing galaxy has long been on my bucket list.
Looks like a UFO being chased by stormtroopers – “Pew Pew Pew”, as the three stars to the upper right look like laser bursts… well to me anyway!
M104 from dark site in Country Victoria, Australia.
5 hrs LUM & RGB Data in 3-5 min subs
Processed using Astro Pixel Processor & Photoshop CC 2019
Honourable Mention 2019 CWAS David Malin Awards
Capture Details
|
|
The striking spiral galaxy M104 is famous for its nearly edge-on profile featuring a broad ring of obscuring dust lanes. Seen in silhouette against an extensive bulge of stars, the swath of cosmic dust lends a broad-brimmed hat-like appearance to the galaxy suggesting the more popular moniker, The Sombrero Galaxy. M104 has a bright central bulge when viewed with ground-based instruments. Also known as NGC 4594, the Sombrero galaxy can be seen across the spectrum and is thought to host a central supermassive black hole. About 50,000 light-years across and 28 million light-years away, M104 is one of the largest galaxies at the southern edge of the Virgo Galaxy Cluster. (Apod)
“How can you look at the galaxy and not feel insignificant?”
Next Post »