M104
19.04.2006 23:30 UTC
This was a wery interesting galaxy to see. Thans to a good weather and light pollution free southern sky, I could see it after all. First I had a trouble to find it, even if this should be an easy target. Well, I got a little help from my friend (thanks Vesku) and there it was. M104 was a rather small with 115x, but I could easily see the dust lane all across the galaxy. Strange thing was, that i saw it upside down. I mean that the bigger half of this galaxy was the lower part. Every sketch of M104 I have seen, this bigger half is the upper part. Maybe M104 has toppled over :->.
NGC Object List:
NGC4594 galaxy RA:12h39m59.3 Dec:-11°37m'21" BMag: 9.2, M 104 Sombrero Galaxy
| Location: Huruksela | Seeing: 2(5) | Background Sky: 2(5) | Magnification: 115x | Great weather, wery little light pollution. |
Added: 21.05.2006 14:10 UTC
