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M104 is known as the sombrero galaxy due to its visual appearance in telescopes. It has a very clearly marked dark dust lane around the galaxy. It lies in the consetllation Virgo, but is not part of the Virgo cluster.

M104

M104, known as the Sombrero Galaxy, lies in the constellation Virgo.