M104

Sombrero Galaxy

M104

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Object Info

Type

Spiral Galaxy

Constellation

Virgo

Distance

50,000,000 ly

Capture Details

Date

March 27, 2009

Location

Little Blair Valley, Anza-Borrego Desert, CA

Exposure

Lum 9x10 (bin 1x1), R 3x10, G 3x10, B 3x10 (bin 2x2)

Equipment

Optics

Takahashi MT200 Newtonian

Focal Length

960mm @f/4.8

Mount

Astro-Physics 900GTO

Camera

SBIG ST-2000XM

Focuser

TAK MEF-1

Filters

CFW10A, Astrodon LRGB

Software

CCD Commander, MaxIm DL, CCDStack, Photoshop