#sombrerogalaxy

[johnlyngfr]

Messier-104 is called the “Sombrero Galaxy” because it has a prominent edge like a Mexican hat.

We are viewing it edge-on, and this draws our attention to the contrasting fine dark details revealed at the centre.

The Sombrero Galaxy also has an unusual cloud of dust and gas surrounding it, making it more mysterious than those with the classic pinwheel shape.

This galaxy is 30 million light years distance for earth. In perspective: a radio message to the moon takes about 1 second and to the planets it takes several minutes. However, a radio message to the Sombrero Galaxy takes 30 million years.

This final image is an aggregate of 38 photos where each was a 3 minute exposure. These were considered the best of 68 captured images. I photographed Messier-104 from my balcony in Strasbourg France over two nights in April 2023.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sombrero_Galaxy

[entertainmentnerdly]

Sombrerogalaxy, oil on canvas 60x60, me 2022 via /r/space https://ift.tt/2ZfkN7J

[superclamknighttoad]

M104 aka the Sombrero galaxy photo by Spitzer space telescope. #universe #sombrerogalaxy #aadpakvis (bij Netherlands) https://www.instagram.com/p/CQaBH4jltJt/?utm_medium=tumblr

[isurfit]

#m104 #sombrerogalaxy @ftlscience #galaxy #space (presso The Sombrero Galaxy) https://www.instagram.com/p/B9V4L9JoF95/?igshid=19j6haqxulhvg

[six-t]

800mmの望遠鏡では頑張ってもこれぐらいの大きさです。 ハッブル宇宙望遠鏡が撮影したこのソンブレロ銀河の写真がとても綺麗で幼い頃、パソコンで印刷した写真を持ち歩いていました。 宇宙が好きになったきっかけでもありますね✨ #ソンブレロ銀河 #sombrerogalaxy #galaxy #天体写真 https://www.instagram.com/p/BswLJmmlQ4B/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=ha9sibuw84d7

[etymopedia]

‏‎#مساء_الخير_للجميع #good_night🌙✨ من #مجرة سمبريرو #SombreroGalaxy . #Etymopedia #اتموبيديا ‎‏ (في ‏‎Sombrero‎‏)

[baybeebat]

Day 19 - Galaxy #31DC2017 [Sombrero Galaxy] #galaxy #galaxynails #galaxynailart #nailart #nailstagram #sombrerogalaxy #stars #space @no7uk @modelsownofficial #matteseelite @essence_cosmetics @newyorkcoloruk @rimmellondonuk @misssportyuk. . • Sally Hansen Complete Care base coat • No.7 Stay Perfect "Just Black" • Models Own "Mixed Up" (micro black and multi holo glitter) • MattéseElite "Consigliere" (grey) • NYC New York Color "Blue Sky" (powder blue) • Essence The Gel "Wild White Ways" (white) • Rimmel Pro Salon [Kate] "Seduce" (purple) • Miss Sporty Oh My Gem! #002 "Gorgeous Red" (red and silver micro glitter • Seche Vite top coat

[bloodthirstyfemme]

The amazing #SombreroGalaxy  Source

[johnlyngfr]

Messier-104, the Sombrero Galaxy, revealed with its famous dust cloud at the centre. Photographed from my terrace in Bordeaux France over three nights May-June 2020. #messier104 #sombrerogalaxy #astrophotography (at Bordeaux, France) https://www.instagram.com/p/CBVZLm5HIRp/?igshid=1kvkyq82yz2lp

[spinningblueball]

NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has trained its razor-sharp eye on one of the universe’s most stately and photogenic galaxies, the Sombrero galaxy, Messier 104 (M104). The galaxy’s hallmark is a brilliant white, bulbous core encircled by the thick dust lanes comprising the spiral structure of the galaxy. As seen from Earth, the galaxy is tilted nearly edge-on. We view it from just six degrees north of its equatorial plane. This brilliant galaxy was named the Sombrero because of its resemblance to the broad rim and high-topped Mexican hat.At a relatively bright magnitude of +8, M104 is just beyond the limit of naked-eye visibility and is easily seen through small telescopes. The Sombrero lies at the southern edge of the rich Virgo cluster of galaxies and is one of the most massive objects in that group, equivalent to 800 billion suns. The galaxy is 50,000 light-years across and is located 30 million light-years from Earth.

[xokittylove]

Good morning everyone enjoy the Sombrero galaxy on green. It is 28 million light years from out planet in the constellation Virgo. #sombrerogalaxy

[ancientegyptianpyramidschemes]

http://m.imgur.com/a/WWLmW redditer tjsterc17 took his never used #telescope out of its box and took this and other #space pics in the imgur link above...This is so cool that a $50 craigslist telescope can take photos like this. I believe this is the #sombrerogalaxy