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X-RAY EMISSION FROM THE SOMBRERO GALAXY: DISCRETE SOURCES

X-RAY EMISSION FROM THE SOMBRERO GALAXY: DISCRETE SOURCES

We present a study of discrete X-ray sources in and around the bulge-dominated, massive Sa galaxy, Sombrero (M104), based on new and archival Chandra observations with a total exposure of ∼200 ks. With a detection limit of LX ≈ 1037 erg s−1 and a field of view covering a galactocentric …