Taken by amateurs of the Sternfreunde Breisgau e.V. at the Schauinslandsternwarte with their new CCD camera on a Celestron 11.

Contributed by Peter Suetterlin from the CCD image collection of the `` Sternfreunde Breisgau e.V."

Michael Purcell's image of M104, taken on April 14, 1996 at 02:08 with his Meade 10-inch f/6.3 SC Telescope and a ST7 CCD camera, exposed 5 minutes.

Duane Baker of Scurry, Texas obtained this image of the Sombrero Galaxy M104 on May 5, 1997. It was exposed for 300 seconds on an ST-7 CCD camera attached to a Meade 16" LX-200 at f 3.3.

Last Modification: 28 Jun 1998, 20:40 MET