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Quick Facts
| About the Object |
Object Name:
Sombrero Galaxy, M104, NGC 4594
Object Type:
Edge-on Galaxy
Position (J2000):
RA:
12h39m59.4s
Dec:
-11d37m23s
Distance:
8.6 million pc; 28 million light-years
Constellation:
Virgo
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| About the Data |
Image Credit:
NASA/JPL-Caltech/R. Kennicutt (University of Arizona) and the SINGS team
Instrument:
IRAC
Wavelength:
3.6 (blue), 4.5 (green), 5.8 (orange), and 8.0 (red) microns (for IRAC image)
Exposure Date:
10 June 2004, 22 January 2005
Exposure Time:
240 sec per sky position
Image Scale:
9.6 x 5.4 arcmin
Orientation:
North is 15 deg CW from up
Release Date:
04 May 2005
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| Observers |
Robert Kennicutt, Principal Investigator (Steward Observatory, University of Arizona)
Lee Armus (Spitzer Science Center, Caltech)
George Bendo (Steward Observatory, University of Arizona)
Daniela Calzetti (Space Telescope Science Institute)
John Cannon (MPIA Heidelberg)
Daniel Dale (University of Wyoming)
Bruce Draine (Princeton University)
Charles Engelbracht (Steward Observatory, University of Arizona)
Karl Gordon (Steward Observatory, University of Arizona)
George Helou (Caltech)
David Hollenbach (NASA Ames Research Center)
Thomas Jarrett (Caltech)
Lisa Kewley (University of Hawaii)
Claus Leitherer (Space Telescope Science Institute)
Aigen Li (University of Missouri-Columbia)
Sangeeta Malhotra (Space Telescope Science Institute)
Martin Meyer (Space Telescope Science Institute)
Eric Murphy (Yale University)
Moire Prescott (University of Arizona)
Michael Regan (Space Telescope Science Institute)
George Rieke (Steward Observatory, University of Arizona)
Marcia Rieke (Steward Observatory, University of Arizona)
Helene Roussel (Caltech)
John-David Smith (Steward Observatory, University of Arizona)
Michele D. Thornley (Bucknell University, Space Telescope Science Institute)
Fabian Walter (MPIA Heidelberg)
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