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Sombrero Galaxy M104
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The Sombrero Galaxy (also known as Spiral Galaxy M104, Messier Object 104, Messier 104, M104, H143, or NGC 4594) is a spiral galaxy in the Virgo constellation. It was discovered in the late 1700s. On May 11, 1781, Charles Messier added it by hand to his personal copy of the Messier catalog after its initial publication, describing it as a "very faint nebula". The object is mentioned as a discovery in a May 6, 1783 letter by Pierre Méchain, and was independently discovered by William Herschel on May 9, 1784.
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