Crop | 0bject | M 104 Galaxy in Virgo |
| Date | May 8-10, 2026 |
| Exposure | Luminance only 415 minutes (6.9 hours, 1/2 crop) |
| Camera | STL11000M with AstroDon Gen II filters |
| Telescope | ASA 10N f/3.7 on AP900GTO CP3 |
| Guiding | Remote guide head with MiniBorg 50 mm |
| Processing | MaximDL, Photoshop CS6, Astronomy Tools, Topaz Denoise AI |
| Comments | Moderate seeing; acquired with CCD Commander from Animas, NM |
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M104 'Sombrero' Galaxy in Virgo |
| Date | 5/8 - 5/21/2011 |
| Exposure | LRGB 200:25:25:25 (unbinned and cropped) |
| Camera | STL11000M with Astronomik filters with water-assisted cooling |
| Telescope | ASA 10N f/3.6 on AP900GTO CPO3 |
| Guiding | Remote guide head with 50mm MiniBorg |
| Processing | MaximDL, Photoshop CS5, GradientXterminator, AstroActions |
| Comments | Moderate seeing but with significant light pollution gradients |
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M104 'Sombrero' Galaxy in Virgo |
| Date | 4/21/2006 |
| Exposure | LRGB 50:30:30:30 (RGB binned 2x2) |
| Camera | ST2000XM w/ SBIG filters |
| Telescope | Celestron C8 @ f/6.7 on Losmandy G11 w/ Gemini |
| Guiding | self-guided |
| Processing | MaximDL, Photoshop CS, FITS Liberator, AstroActions, PixInsight |
| Comments | Moderate seeing |