M104, NGC 4594

Noirlab_noao-m104_1024

noirlab_noao-m104 June 30th, 2020

Credit: Todd Boroson/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/

M104, or NGC4594, is a spiral galaxy, type Sa/Sb, in the constellation Virgo. M104 is popularly known as the Sombrero Galaxy due to its dark rim of obscuring dust around a large central bulge. In this picture, the dust shows up as brown due to its absorption of blue light (an effect known as reddening), while the bulge has been reduced in significance by compressing the dynamic range of the data, better to show the inner details.

Provider: NOIRLab

Image Source: https://noirlab.edu/public/images/noao-m104/

Curator: NSF's NOIRLab, Tucson, AZ, USA

Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

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Image Details Image Details

Image Type
Observation
Object Name
M104 • NGC 4594
Noirlab_noao-m104_128
 

Position Details Position Details

Position (ICRS)
RA = 12h 40m 10.0s
DEC = -11° 36’ 43.1”
Orientation
North is 0.2° CCW
Field of View
11.7 x 8.8 arcminutes
Constellation
Virgo
Noirlab_noao-m104_1280
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ID
noao-m104
Subject Category
Subject Name
M104, NGC 4594
Credits
Todd Boroson/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/
Release Date
2020-06-30T21:33:54.844561
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://noirlab.edu/public/images/noao-m104/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
None
Facility
Instrument
Color Assignment
Band
Bandpass
Central Wavelength
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes
N
Coordinate Frame
ICRS
Equinox
J2000
Reference Value
190.0414747, -11.61198084
Reference Dimension
1024.0, 764.0
Reference Pixel
283.8082628, 444.1974716
Scale
-1.91E-04, 1.91E-04
Rotation
0.1933622026
Coordinate System Projection:
TAN
Quality
Full
FITS Header
Notes
None
Creator (Curator)
NSF's NOIRLab
URL
https://noirlab.edu
Name
Email
Telephone
Address
950 North Cherry Ave.
City
Tucson
State/Province
AZ
Postal Code
85719
Country
USA
Rights
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
Publisher
NSF's NOIRLab
Publisher ID
noirlab
Resource ID
noao-m104
Resource URL
http://noirlab.edu/public/media/archives/images/original/noao-m104.tif
Related Resources
Metadata Date
2024-10-02T11:52:28.714941
Metadata Version
1.1
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