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| M-104, Sombrero Galaxy, Image above cropped and reduced for display, click on image for full frame full resolution photo |
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A distant, slightly tipped, nearly edge on Galaxy reminiscent of a sombrero. There is a thick circle of dust toward the outside edge that bisects the galaxy into the prominent upper half and a bit of the central bulge of the lower half |
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10"
F6.3 Schmidt Cassegrain Telescope, Modified Canon 300D at prime focus, using
a Baader IR-UV filter and coma corrector |