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The Sombrero Galaxy
March 31 2020 The Sombrero Galaxy, M104, is a lenticular galaxy in Virgo, 31 million light years away. It has a bright nucleus, an unusually large central bulge, and a prominent dark dust lane in its inclined disk. It contains a super massive black hole in its center weighing 1 billion times more than our sun. Here is an
Annotated View
in which the surrounding common stars (in yellow) and known galaxies (in green) are shown
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