The Sombrero Galaxy (Messier/M104 or NGC 4594) is a spiral galaxy in the constellation Virgo. It has a dark, prominennt dust lane around its inclined disk and a large central bulge giving it the appearance of a sombrero. It is located approximately 31,100,000 light years from Earth and has a diameter of approximately 50,000 light-years, making it 30% of the size of the Milky Way. The galaxy has an apparent magnitude of +8.0, making it easily visible with amateur telescopes in dark skies.

This image is a DSS stack of 35 ten-minute frames captured with my QHY247C at default deep sky gain settings on my 11" Edge HD. The image was processed by going back and forth between PixInsight and Photoshop.

Image Center:	View full size annotated image.
Right Ascension:	12h 39m 59.579s (189° 59m 53.685s)
Declination:	-11° 37m 30.835s
Orientation:	Up is 0.8 degrees East of North.
Image Size:	18.255' x 12.191'	Pixel Scale:	0.288"

Principal objects in field: M 104, NGC 4594, Sombrero galaxy

All identified catalog objects: HD 110086, HD 110124, NGC 4594, Tycho-2 5531-1353-1, Tycho-2 5531-979-1