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Sombrero Galaxy

Chile 2 Wide-Field Telescope

This brilliant galaxy was named the Sombrero Galaxy because of its appearance.
This galaxy is of type Sa-Sb, with both a big bright core.
It also has an unusually pronounced bulge with an extended and richly
populated globular cluster system - several hundred can be counted in
long exposures from big telescopes.

Telescope: Planewave CDK17
Camera: FLI Proline PL16803, 4096 x 4096 px hide exif

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