Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Virgo (Vir)  ·  Contains:  M 104  ·  NGC 4594  ·  Sombrero Galaxy
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Sombrero Galaxy (low alt), gfunkernator
Sombrero Galaxy (low alt)
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Sombrero Galaxy (low alt)

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Sombrero Galaxy (low alt), gfunkernator
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Sombrero Galaxy (low alt)

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Like the Helix Nebula imaged from the northeast US, the Sombrero Galaxy swings across the southern sky at a low altitude.  Imaging these targets at longer focal lengths can be quite a challenge especially when seeing isn't perfect.  But this was a good night for it as I chose to take the Sombrero F7 challenge.

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Sombrero Galaxy (low alt), gfunkernator

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