The Sombrero Galaxy (also known as Messier Object 104, M104 or NGC 4594) is a peculiar galaxy of unclear classification in the constellation borders of...
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In English, a sombrero (Spanish for 'hat', lit. 'shadower'; Spanish: [somˈbɾeɾo]) is a type of wide-brimmed Mexican men's hat used to shield the face...
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Messier 90 (spiral). A noted galaxy that is not part of the cluster is the Sombrero Galaxy (M104), an unusual spiral galaxy. It is located about 10° due...
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following is a list of notable galaxies. There are about 51 galaxies in the Local Group (see list of nearest galaxies for a complete list), on the order...
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Andromeda Galaxy (some authors even propose it is the second-brightest galaxy within a radius of 10 megaparsecs of the Milky Way, after the Sombrero Galaxy, with...
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the Andromeda Galaxy, the Magellanic Clouds, the Whirlpool Galaxy, and the Sombrero Galaxy. Astronomers work with numbers from certain catalogues, such...
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NGC 5746 (redirect from Mini_Sombrero_Galaxy)
NGC 5746 (also known as the Mini Sombrero Galaxy) is a barred spiral galaxy located in the eastern part of the constellation of Virgo. It is a member of...
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Sanctuary Sombrero, Anguilla, a British overseas island in the Lesser Antilles Sombrero Galaxy, a spiral galaxy in the constellation Virgo Sombrero (film)...
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vicinity of ours, only surpassed by the Andromeda Galaxy and the Sombrero Galaxy) and the companion galaxies NGC 247, PGC 2881, PGC 2933, Sculptor-dE1, and...
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M104 or M-104 may refer to: Sombrero Galaxy, called M104 by Messier number M104 group of galaxies HMS Walney (M104), a British warship M104 Wolverine...
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Bode's Galaxy) Messier 84 Messier 87 (or Virgo A) Messier 104 (or the Sombrero Galaxy) Messier 105 Messier 106 Mrk 421 Mrk 501 NGC 821 NGC 1023 NGC 1097...
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A spiral galaxy is a type of galaxy characterized by a central bulge of old Population II stars surrounded by a rotating disc of younger Population I stars...
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Seyferts. An example of such a galaxy is M104 in the Virgo constellation, also known as the Sombrero Galaxy. A galaxy that is both a LINER and a Type I...
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RX J1242−11 (redirect from RXJ1242-11 (galaxy))
Earth, is less than one degree to the northeast of Messier 104, the Sombrero Galaxy. Komossa, S.; Halpern, J.; Schartel, N.; Hasinger, G.; Santos-Lleo...
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NGC 7742 (redirect from Fried Egg Galaxy)
NGC 7742. NGC 7217 - a face-on spiral galaxy with identical characteristics Sombrero Galaxy - a similar galaxy with a dust ring NGC 7742 (SDSS DR14) Filho...
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NGC 891 (redirect from Spiral Galaxy NGC 891)
satellite galaxy disrupted and in the process of being absorbed by NGC 891. NGC 891 appears alongside M67, the Sombrero Galaxy, the Pinwheel Galaxy, NGC 5128...
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Supermassive black hole (category Galaxies)
Andromeda Galaxy in 1984 and the Sombrero Galaxy in 1988. Donald Lynden-Bell and Martin Rees hypothesized in 1971 that the center of the Milky Way galaxy would...
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NGC 7814 (category Spiral galaxy stubs)
"the little sombrero", a miniature version of Messier 104. The star field behind NGC 7814 is known for its density of faint, remote galaxies as can be seen...
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Low-ionization nuclear emission-line region (redirect from LINER galaxy)
galaxies may not be powered by star formation, although a few exceptions clearly exist. Messier 94 NGC 5005 NGC 5195 Sombrero Galaxy Seyfert galaxy -...
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Black hole (category Galaxies)
1277, OJ 287, APM 08279+5255 and the Sombrero Galaxy. It is now widely accepted that the centre of nearly every galaxy, not just active ones, contains a...
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exists only in a handful of galaxies; these include the Milky Way, the Local Group galaxies M31 and M32, and a few galaxies beyond the Local Group, e.g...
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Hubble sequence (redirect from Hubble galaxy classification)
Examples of regular spiral galaxies: (visually) M31 (Andromeda Galaxy), M74, M81, M104 (Sombrero Galaxy), M51a (Whirlpool Galaxy), NGC 300, NGC 772. Examples...
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and nebulae to galaxies. For example, Messier 1 is a supernova remnant, known as the Crab Nebula, and the great spiral Andromeda Galaxy is M31. Further...
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Virgo II Groups (category Galaxy clusters)
576-50 NGC 5084 NGC 5087 NGC 5134 Additional galaxies in the group: M104 (NGC 4594, or the Sombrero Galaxy) MCG-3-33-30 NGC 4457 NGC 4487 NGC 4504 NGC...
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List of stellar streams (category Dwarf galaxies)
"A feather on the hat: tracing the giant stellar stream around the Sombrero galaxy". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 506 (4): 5030–5038...
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UGC 12591 (category Spiral galaxy stubs)
lenticular-like, with a central bulge and dust lanes reminiscent of the Sombrero Galaxy. "NED results for object UGC 12591". National Aeronautics and Space...
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astronomical catalogue is composed mainly of star clusters, nebulae, and galaxies. Other objects in the catalogue can be found in the other subpages of the...
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Local Volume (category Galaxies)
galaxy, the Southern Pinwheel galaxy (M83), the Pinwheel galaxy (M101), the Sombrero Galaxy (M104), NGC 1512, M51, M74, M66 and M96. Recently, following...
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The Spitzer Infrared Nearby Galaxies Survey (SINGS) was a survey of 75 galaxies using the Spitzer Space Telescope, carried out between 2003 and 2006....
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NGC 681 (category Galaxies discovered in 1785)
} , and a spiral pattern which is asymmetrical. Sombrero Galaxy Messier object List of spiral galaxies "NGC 681 NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database Results"...
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