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The Sombrero Galaxy (also known as Messier Object 104, M104 [4] or NGC 4594) is a peculiar galaxy of unclear classification [5] in the constellation borders of Virgo and Corvus, being about 9.55 megaparsecs (31.1 million light-years) [2] from the Milky Way galaxy.
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The galaxy — also known as Messier 104, or M104 — is about 30 million light-years from Earth in the Virgo constellation. French astronomer and comet hunter Pierre Méchain discovered it in 1781.
Messier 90 Spiral galaxy: Virgo: 12 h 36 m 50.1 s +13° 09′ 46″ 11.8 4579: Messier 58 Spiral galaxy: Virgo: 12 h 37 m 43.5 s +11° 49′ 04″ 11.5 4590: Messier 68 Globular cluster: Hydra: 12 h 39 m 28.0 s: −26° 44′ 35″ 10.3 4594: Messier 104 Sombrero Galaxy Spiral galaxy: Virgo: 12 h 39 m 59.4 s: −11° 37′ 23″ 10.3
For example, Messier 1 is a supernova remnant, known as the Crab Nebula, and the great spiral Andromeda Galaxy is M31. Further inclusions followed; the first addition came from Nicolas Camille Flammarion in 1921, who added Messier 104 after finding Messier's side note in his 1781 edition exemplar of the catalogue.
NGC 7814 (also known as UGC 8 or Caldwell 43) is a spiral galaxy about 40 million light-years away in the constellation Pegasus.The galaxy is seen edge-on from Earth.It is sometimes referred to as "the little sombrero", a miniature version of Messier 104.
NGC 6027a is a spiral galaxy that is part of Seyfert's Sextet, a compact group of galaxies, which is located in the constellation Serpens. In optical wavelengths, it has a strong resemblance to Messier 104, the Sombrero Galaxy , with which it shares a near equivalent orientation to observers on Earth.