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    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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    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 west of Spica. NGC...
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    Hubble sequence (category Extragalactic astronomy)
    of regular spiral galaxies: (visually) M31 (Andromeda Galaxy), M74, M81, M104 (Sombrero Galaxy), M51a (Whirlpool Galaxy), NGC 300, NGC 772. Examples of...
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  • Retrieved 18 December 2022. Karen Masters (December 2003). "Curious About Astronomy: Can any galaxies be seen with the naked eye?". Ask an Astronomer. Archived...
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    LINERs has a lower density than in Seyferts. An example of such a galaxy is M104 in the Virgo constellation, also known as the Sombrero Galaxy. A galaxy that...
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  • Retrieved 17 September 2023. Krebs, Gunter (14 January 2023). "Globalstar M104 - 120 (Globalstar-3)". Gunter's Space Page. Retrieved 17 September 2023....
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    their central stars. I. An accurate and homogeneous set of coordinates", Astronomy and Astrophysics, 408 (3): 1029–1035, Bibcode:2003A&A...408.1029K, doi:10...
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    middle". NGC 681 shares many structural similarities with the Sombrero Galaxy, M104, although it is smaller, less luminous, and less massive. Its thin, dusty...
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    had to give up his studies for lack of money. However, his talents in astronomy were noticed by Jérôme Lalande, for whom he became a friend and proof-reader...
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    List of the most distant astronomical objects (category Lists of superlatives in astronomy)
    Collaboration (2020). "Planck 2018 results. VI. Cosmological parameters". Astronomy & Astrophysics. 641. page A6 (see PDF page 15, Table 2: "Age/Gyr", last column)...
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    the nuclei of bright galaxies - Activity in normal galactic nuclei". Astronomy and Astrophysics. 87: 152–164. Bibcode:1980A&A....87..152H. L. C. Ho;...
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    Retrieved 17 September 2023. Krebs, Gunter (14 January 2023). "Globalstar M104 – 120 (Globalstar-3)". Gunter's Space Page. Archived from the original on...
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    Guinness Book of Astronomy. Guinness Superlatives. ISBN 978-0-900424-76-2 – via archive.org. Moore, Patrick (1979). The Guinness Book of Astronomy. Guinness...
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    train serves the university at 116th Street-Columbia University. The M4, M104 and M60 buses stop on Broadway while the M11 stops on Amsterdam Avenue. The...
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    Local Volume (category Observational astronomy)
    Pinwheel galaxy (M83), the Pinwheel galaxy (M101), the Sombrero Galaxy (M104), NGC 1512, M51, M74, M66 and M96. Recently, following Hubble Space Telescope...
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  • morphological classification used by astronomers to describe galaxy structure. Astronomy portal Lists of astronomical objects List of galaxies Spiral galaxy Normandin...
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  • Paul Jones, James Morris, Peggy Taylor and Sara Saey of the Ancient City Astronomy Club in St. Augustine, Florida, United States c. 1980. They decided to...
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