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Harshwardhan Pathak
El Sauce Observatory, Chile

08/04/2023
01:14 am

Equipment Details:

Telescope: Planewave CDK24

Camera: QHY 600M Pro

Mount: Mathis MI - 1000/1250

Filters: Astrodon LRGB

Post-processing Details:

Processing in Pixinsight and Adobe Photoshop

Image Details:

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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