Sombrero Galaxy M104

[johnh]

SPX350 F4.53, ATK-16HR, Astrodon filters. 29 mil lyrs away.

LRGB

L=22x5m

R=10x5m

GB=6x5mins.

Imaged back in June but forgotten about, dust lane has come out well as seeing was good if I remember. This Galaxy has dozens of globulars surrounding it down to mag 21st in this image with some fuzzies in the background. Passes overhead in Winter in Brisbane.

Thanks for looking.

[Mark at Beaufort]

Fantastic image John. I love viewing this galaxy especially after viewing it through a 20" Dob.

Mark

[Coco]

Oh man... that's a fabulous image of the Sombrero.. best Ive seen in quite a while..

Superb!

[Dave Moulton]

Thats a stunner John

[PH-R]

My goodness, that's lovely! and a superb capture.

[rocketandroll]

104 has to be one of the prettiest galaxies... definitely makes you go 'wow' when you see it, it's the depth it has, it looks SO 3D.

Stunning pic... I can't wait to get something with the focal length needed to catch this as more than a small oval smudge! :-)

Ben

[callisto]

Exellent image, well done

[johnrt]

That ticks all the boxes in the world class image section. Very impressive.

[deepspacehunter]

Very nice image.... One of my favorite DSO's....

[WayBig]

Wowowow, beautiful images, love the last one, I real 3d effect.

Superlatives escape me, so wow and lovely will have to do.

[Ags]

Excellent - what focal length was this image taken at?

[Tommy B]

This is just incredible....I really adore the 3 dimensional look of this galaxy and its captured so well here. Superb!

[Sam]

That's a really lovely image John! fantastic detail and very well composed.

[ollypenrice]

Crisp. Tantalizing!

Olly

[JohnC64]

Fantastic image.

[brantuk]

This is one of my favourite objects and you've made a superb job of imaging it - especially the last one - excellent!

[Johnboy2011]

I love these!

[Euan]

Wow...that is absolutely stunning

Amazing detail in the dust lane

[Catanonia]

Now as said, very very crisp and clear. Loving this alot.

[Adamski]

WOW

[Astroblagger]

lovely image.

[johnh]

Thanks for the comments, this was imaged at 1585mm focal length and M104 is not that big at 8' and would have loved to go to 3200mm but would need adaptive optics at that fl. Its surface brightness is quoted as 11.6-11.9 one of the brightest galaxies and looks so good through a telescope visually even at low alt.

Regards, John.

[spacebloke]

That's fantastic!

[peter shah]

stunning detail john, one of the best 104's ive seen in a long time:icon_salut:

[Venus_is_my_friend]

Stunning image. I have seen images before of 104, but this is the first time I actually considered it construction just by looking at the detail. Very thought provoking!