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Harshwardhan Pathak
El Sauce Observatory, Chile
El Sauce Observatory, Chile
08/04/2023
01:14 am
01:14 am
Telescope: Planewave CDK24
Camera: QHY 600M Pro
Mount: Mathis MI - 1000/1250
Filters: Astrodon LRGB
Processing in Pixinsight and Adobe Photoshop
The Sombrero Galaxy is a peculiar galaxy of unclear classification in the constellation borders of Virgo and Corvus, being about 9.55 megaparsecs from the Milky Way galaxy. It is a member of the Virgo II Groups, a series of galaxies and galaxy clusters strung out from the southern edge of the Virgo Supercluster.
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