# Sombrero Galaxy on SpaceSphere

> A galaxy seen nearly edge on, its bright core wrapped in a dark lane of dust that gives it the outline of a wide-brimmed hat.

Canonical: https://spacesphere.sygnito.com/en/universe/sombrero-galaxy

Galaxy

A galaxy seen nearly edge on, its bright core wrapped in a dark lane of dust that gives it the outline of a wide-brimmed hat.

## Facts

- **Position**: 189.99762, -11.62306 (Source: NASA Extragalactic Database)
- **Brightness**: about 8.59 (Source: HyperLeda)
- **Apparent size**: about 8.45 x 4.91 arcminutes (Source: HyperLeda)
- **Shape**: Sa (Source: HyperLeda)
- **Constellation**: Virgo (Source: OpenNGC)

## Catalogue designations

NGC4594, M104, 2MASX J12395949-1137230, IRAS 12373-1120, MCG -02-32-020, PGC 042407, UGCA 293

Source: OpenNGC

## Can you see it tonight?

The page works this out in the visitor's browser, from their own location, and the answer is a prediction rather than an observation. It is not part of this file.

## Sources

- This research has made use of the [NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database](https://ned.ipac.caltech.edu/), which is funded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration and operated by the California Institute of Technology.
- We acknowledge the usage of the HyperLeda database (http://leda.univ-lyon1.fr).
- [OpenNGC](https://github.com/mattiaverga/OpenNGC), Mattia Verga, licensed [CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).

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