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M104 2021-02-11
The M104 has a distance of 28 million light-years, a diameter of about 50,000 light-years, and a mass of about 800 billion solar masses.
The brightness is 8th magnitude, and at 45cm, the dark body that crosses the center can be seen well.
Small galaxies are scattered around the nebula, and the galaxy on the right shows the arms extending up and down.
45 cm Newtonian.
The brightness is 8th magnitude, and at 45cm, the dark body that crosses the center can be seen well.
Small galaxies are scattered around the nebula, and the galaxy on the right shows the arms extending up and down.
45 cm Newtonian.
