hubble image of M104

[AstroTiger]

I know this is probably not the place to post this (please move if not! :-)

But has anyone taken a closer look at the Hubble image of the sumberero galaxy m104?

I have it on my wall and on closer inspection, noticed a mass of more distance galaxies.

I was only scanning for a short while but i think i spotted at least a dozen in that vacinity.

has anyone else noticed this?

just wondered

thanks

[661-pete]

Indeed I have! But this is nothing surprising. Just about any deep sky image of sufficient light grasp, of a region of sky away from the MW plane, will show countless background galaxies - indeed, below a certain magnitude, they become more numerous than stars. And let's face it - what other telescopes have the light grasp of the HST!

The M104 is interesting in that you can see background galaxies through the glow of M104.

[AstroTiger]

indeed it does, i must say after having seen it through the telescope, i must say for me, it beats m31

Note the three dust lanes down the edge of it as well.

amazing, one of the things that keeps me going in this. The wonder of it all