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Sombrero Galaxy 14-4-2021.

Clear Skies 14-4-2021.

The Sombrero Galaxy is a spiral galaxy in the constellation borders of Virgo and Corvus, being about 9.55 megaparsecs from our galaxy, within the local supercluster. It has a diameter of approximately 15 kiloparsecs, 0.3x times the size of the Milky Way.

Distance to Earth: 29.35 million light years

Radius: 25,000 light years

Distance: 9.55 ± 0.31 Mpc; (31.1 ± 1.0 Mly)

Apparent size (V): 9′ × 4′

Coordinates: RA 12h 39m 59s | Dec -11° 37′ 23″

Constellation: Virgo

1 hour 43 min 30 secs - 69 lights 13 darks stacked DSS, 90 sec esposures, iso800, Lightroom & Photoshop.

Nikon D750, Nikon 600mm FL f4 prime on SWEQ6-R-Pro mount, ASCOM-EQMOD-Stellarium-PH2.

So there are flying saucers 😀😂

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Uploaded on April 15, 2021