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Proper Name	Sombrero Galaxy
Messier Number	M104
NGC/IC Number	NGC 4594
Constellation	Virgo
Right Ascension	12h 39m 59s
Declination	-11° 37' 23"
Distance	c.50,000,000 light years c.15,000,000 parsecs
Magnitude	Apparent: +9.2
Mean Diameter	Apparent: 6' Actual: c.90,000 light years
Hubble Type	Spiral class a
Optimum Visibility	April
Notes	Most of the gas and dust of the Sombrero Galaxy is contained within a narrow ring or dust lane some 82,000 light years across that surrounds the nucleus and creates the distinctive 'sombrero' appearance. At the centre of this ring, the galaxy's core is host to an immensely massive black hole.

The Sombrero Galaxy falls within the boundaries of the galaxy-rich constellation of Virgo, but only just. It is a mere 4½ arc minutes from Virgo's border with Corvus.

A bright spiral galaxy in the constellation Virgo, especially noted for an obscuring band of dust across its central plane.

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