Sombrero Galaxy
A galaxy turned nearly edge-on: a broad band of dust across a bright bulging nucleus does look like a hat. Its dark lane was among the first evidence that galaxies contain dust at all.
Where to look
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Data
- Type
- a galaxy
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Magnitude
- 8.3
- Apparent size
- 8.9 ′
- Distance
- 29.3 million light years
- Right ascension
- 190.000 °
- Declination
- -11.617 °
- Designations
- M 104 · NGC 4594
- NGC description
- !, vB, vL, eE 92deg , vsmbMN; = M104
An estimate. NGC 2000.0 carries no distances, and published measurements disagree by up to a third.
The Messier list and the NGC/IC designations come from NGC 2000.0 (Sinnott, 1988), CDS Strasbourg.
Nearby in the same constellation
| Designations | Type | Magnitude | Apparent size |
|---|---|---|---|
| M49 · M 49 | a galaxy | 8.4 | 8.9′ |
| M87 · Virgo A | a galaxy | 8.6 | 7.2′ |
| M60 · M 60 | a galaxy | 8.8 | 7.2′ |
| M86 · M 86 | a galaxy | 9.2 | 7.4′ |
| M84 · M 84 | a galaxy | 9.3 | 5.0′ |
| M90 · M 90 | a galaxy | 9.5 | 9.5′ |
| M61 · M 61 | a galaxy | 9.7 | 6.0′ |
| M58 · M 58 | a galaxy | 9.8 | 5.4′ |
| M59 · M 59 | a galaxy | 9.8 | 5.1′ |
| M89 · M 89 | a galaxy | 9.8 | 4.2′ |