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Originally Posted by stevoggo
but i don't even know what 'the dust lanes" might be.
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I suspect it was a reference to the dust cloud that surrounds M104 and therefore, since we observe it edge-on, forms a dark band across the major star clouds of that galaxy.
But if you want a challenge, search for a dark cloud in our own Galaxy - the Dark Doodad. It is in Musca, but needs dark skies and probably not much more that 10x or 12 binoculars to see. Search for threads on this site. It is marked on various star charts but may not be in Stellarium - I don't think I have looked there.