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M 104 SOMBRERO GALAXY IN VIRGO
abrickhouse
5/16/2019 3:57 PM
The night of April 26-27 2019 was subpar seeing but I still managed to dig out some details and a nice image of M104 called the Sombrero Galaxy located in Virgo Constellation.It is near Spica the brightest star in Virgo. The Sombrero is about 1/3 the size of our galaxy(Milky way) and is about 30 million light years away. It has one of the largest central bulges known and possibly extents up and down for a total of 10,000 light years. Its prominent dust lane is almost face on. The light show here left 30 million years ago.

Aubrey
Dave
5/16/2019 4:52 PM
Nice image. This one reminds me of others I have seen that show the galaxy as having a very bright glow. I wonder if a planet in orbit around one of the stars in this galaxy may have a light polluted night sky.
 
Dave


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The night of April 26-27 2019 was subpar seeing but I still managed to dig out some details and a nice image of M104 called the Sombrero Galaxy located in Virgo Constellation.It is near Spica the brightest star in Virgo. The Sombrero is about 1/3 the size of our galaxy(Milky way) and is about 30 million light years away. It has one of the largest central bulges known and possibly extents up and down for a total of 10,000 light years. Its prominent dust lane is almost face on. The light show here left 30 million years ago.

Aubrey

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abrickhouse
5/16/2019 5:17 PM

Yes.

On Thu, May 16, 2019 at 4:54 PM, Astrophotography
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Nice image. This one reminds me of others I have seen that show the galaxy as having a very bright glow. I wonder if a planet in orbit around one of the stars in this galaxy may have a light polluted night sky.  Dave

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Subject: M 104 SOMBRERO GALAXY IN VIRGO <<$230585010632$>>
Date: Thu, 16 May 2019 16:03:04 -0500




The night of April 26-27 2019 was subpar seeing but I still managed to dig out some details and a nice image of M104 called the Sombrero Galaxy located in Virgo Constellation.It is near Spica the brightest star in Virgo. The Sombrero is about 1/3 the size of our galaxy(Milky way) and is about 30 million light years away. It has one of the largest central bulges known and possibly extents up and down for a total of 10,000 light years. Its prominent dust lane is almost face on. The light show here left 30 million years ago.

Aubrey

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Jeffrey McClure
5/16/2019 4:57 PM
Excellent work, Aubrey!

On Thu, May 16, 2019 at 4:03 PM Astrophotography <astrophotography@centexastronomy.org> wrote:
The night of April 26-27 2019 was subpar seeing but I still managed to dig out some details and a nice image of M104 called the Sombrero Galaxy located in Virgo Constellation.It is near Spica the brightest star in Virgo. The Sombrero is about 1/3 the size of our galaxy(Milky way) and is about 30 million light years away. It has one of the largest central bulges known and possibly extents up and down for a total of 10,000 light years. Its prominent dust lane is almost face on. The light show here left 30 million years ago.

Aubrey
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Johnny
5/16/2019 5:47 PM
Very good shot.

Johnny


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Willie
5/16/2019 10:13 PM
Very nice, Aubrey, one of my favorites.

Willie


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> The night of April 26-27 2019 was subpar seeing but I still managed to dig out some details and a nice image of M104 called the Sombrero Galaxy located in Virgo Constellation.It is near Spica the brightest star in Virgo. The Sombrero is about 1/3 the size of our galaxy(Milky way) and is about 30 million light years away. It has one of the largest central bulges known and possibly extents up and down for a total of 10,000 light years. Its prominent dust lane is almost face on. The light show here left 30 million years ago.
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Jeffrey McClure
6/5/2019 10:53 PM
Excellent image, Aubrey! Thanks for sharing. 

On Thu, May 16, 2019 at 10:20 PM Astrophotography <astrophotography@centexastronomy.org> wrote:
Very nice, Aubrey, one of my favorites.

Willie


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> The night of April 26-27 2019 was subpar seeing but I still managed to dig out some details and a nice image of M104 called the Sombrero Galaxy located in Virgo Constellation.It is near Spica the brightest star in Virgo. The Sombrero is about 1/3 the size of our galaxy(Milky way) and is about 30 million light years away. It has one of the largest central bulges known and possibly extents up and down for a total of 10,000 light years. Its prominent dust lane is almost face on. The light show here left 30 million years ago.
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Johnny
6/6/2019 9:50 AM
It may have been a subpar night, but you turned out a superb image.
Nice work.

Johnny

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abrickhouse
6/6/2019 7:27 PM
Thanks Johnny. I saw a sample image from some AP fellow that is looking to have subscribers to a CDK 17" in South America. One of his first images was M104 and after looking at it closely, it was on the same par as my M104. So you are right it did turn out well.

Aubrey

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It may have been a subpar night, but you turned out a superb image.
Nice work.

Johnny

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> On Jun 5, 2019, at 10:58 PM, Astrophotography <astrophotography@centexastronomy.org> wrote:
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> Excellent image, Aubrey! Thanks for sharing.
> On Thu, May 16, 2019 at 10:20 PM Astrophotography <astrophotography@centexastronomy.org> wrote:
> Very nice, Aubrey, one of my favorites.
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> Willie
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>> On May 16, 2019, at 4:03 PM, Astrophotography <astrophotography@centexastronomy.org> wrote:
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>> The night of April 26-27 2019 was subpar seeing but I still managed to dig out some details and a nice image of M104 called the Sombrero Galaxy located in Virgo Constellation.It is near Spica the brightest star in Virgo. The Sombrero is about 1/3 the size of our galaxy(Milky way) and is about 30 million light years away. It has one of the largest central bulges known and possibly extents up and down for a total of 10,000 light years. Its prominent dust lane is almost face on. The light show here left 30 million years ago.
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