M104 (commonly known as the Sombrero Galaxy, also designated NGC 4594) is a spiral galaxy in the constellation Virgo. It has an apparent visual magnitude of 8 and its angular diameter is 9x4 arc-minutes. M104 lies at an estimated distance of 50 million light years. It is one of the more famous members of the Messier Catalog.
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