Here is the Odyssey Pro’s observation of #M104 #TheSombreroGalaxy. #unistellar #odysseypro #space #astronomy #amateur
Last image of the morning for the s50. Been waiting a while to get this image with the s50. #M104 #TheSombreroGalaxy. #seestar #S50 #space #astronomy #amateur

M104: The Sombrero Galaxy in Infrared

This floating ring is the size of a galaxy. In fact, it is a galaxy -- or at least part of one: the photogenic Sombrero Galaxy, one of the largest galaxies in the nearby Virgo Cluster of Galaxies. The dark band of dust that obscures the mid-section of the Sombrero Galaxy in visible light actually glows brightly in infrared light.

Image Credit: NASA, JPL, Caltech, SSC, R. Kennicutt (Steward Obs.) et al.,

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Good Saturday morning. Amazed how clear the sky was this morning. Finally taking the telescope out again. Starting with #M104 - #TheSombreroGalaxy. #unistellar #odysseypro #space #astronomy #amateur
Forecast noted cloudy last night. Took a peak outside this morning and was able to sneak in 30 minutes of telescope time. Decided to observe some #galaxies i have observed before. Here is #m104 #SombreroGalaxy . #unistellar #odysseypro #space #astronomy #amateur
File:Infrared Sombrero (54344859678).png - Wikimedia Commons

File:Sombrero (54340845116).png - Wikimedia Commons

M104 is my favourite galaxy!
So very photogenic with its distinct dust lane around the central bulge of stars, hanging in space like a small pendant - or a Sombrero apparently. In fact it’s composed of several hundred billion individual stars and is estimated at a diameter of 50.000 lightyears so the only reason for it appearing small is its mind-melting distance of 28 million lightyears (meaning that the fastest thing in the universe - light - has travelled for 28 million years before it hit my telescope in my backyard. #M104 #sombrerogalaxy #astronomy #astrophotography #deepsky #backyardastronomy #astroshots #astrophoto #Space #universe #galaxy #universetoday #nightsky #stars #galaxy #nightphotography #skywatcher #touptek #backyardastrophotography
M104 is my favourite galaxy!
So very photogenic with its distinct dust lane around the central bulge of stars, hanging in space like a small pendant - or a Sombrero apparently. In fact it’s composed of several hundred billion individual stars and is estimated at a diameter of 50.000 lightyears so the only reason for it appearing small is its mind-melting distance of 28 million lightyears #M104 #sombrerogalaxy #astronomy #astrophotography #deepsky #backyardastronomy #astroshots #astrophoto #Space #universe #galaxy #universetoday #nightsky #stars #galaxy #nightphotography #skywatcher #touptek #backyardastrophotography