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Object Information

Messier 104

Image: Digitized Sky Survey
Image: Digitized Sky Survey

This is an 'edge-on' spiral galaxy about 28 million light years form Earth. It's often called the Sombrero galaxy due to it's appearance resembling the famous hat.



Facts and Figures


Object type: A Spiral Galaxy.
Distance: 344,000,000,000,000,000,000 km.
Size (approximate diameter): 35,300,000,000,000,000,000 km.