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M 104 - Sombrero Galaxy

Messier 104 is one of my favourite galaxies. Like a giant flying saucer it has beautiful majestic symmetry.  It is in the constellation Virgo; is around 50,000 light years across; and is 28 million light years from earth.
Picture
TARGET
Nomenclature
: Messier 104, M 104, Sombrero Galaxy
Right Ascension: 12:39:59
Declination:  -11:37:23
Size: 390 arc seconds
EQUIPMENT USED
Planewave CDK24
FLI Pl9000
IMAGE CAPTURE
Red: 6x300" bin 1x1, 13x600 bin 1x1
Green: 6x300" bin 1x1, 13x600 bin 1x1
Blue: 6x300" bin 1x1, 12x600" bin 1x1
Luminance 15x600" bin 1x1
Total Integration: 10 hours 20  minutes
Pixel scale: 0.310 arcsec/pixel
Field radius: 0.169 degrees
Capture location:  El Sauce Observatory, Chile
IMAGE PROCESSING:
CCSStack2 and Photoshop
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