✺ Sombrero Galaxy  Sombrero Galaxy is a galaxy in Virgo.  Type Galaxy  Constellation Virgo  Magnitude 9.5  Apparent size 9′ × 4′  You need a small telescope   History  Distance 31 million light years  Stars about 2,000 globular clusters orbit it  Discovered 1781, Pierre Mechain  40.00,-83.00 now · 33° up in the SSE · mag 9.5 · ↑ 11:53 ↓ 22:37 ⌃ 17:15  Best in the next 12 months on 7 April 2027.  Sombrero Galaxy is not visible from 40.00,-83.00: the sky is still too bright.  No window in the next 40 days from this latitude.   You will find it in Virgo.   It spans 9 arcminutes.   Your sky here is about Bortle 7, bright, so for this you want a small telescope.   Best in the next 12 months: 2027-04-07, when it reaches 38° with 6.8 hours of darkness and the Moon 0%  lit.  Follow @skymapsh for skymap.sh updates