Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Leo (Leo)  ·  Contains:  IC 2725  ·  NGC 3628

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NGC 3628, Samuel
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NGC 3628

Image of the day 04/24/2013

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NGC 3628, Samuel
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NGC 3628

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This image is the first light of my GSO RC 10" and the first collaboration between [url=/users/siovene]Salvatore Iovene[/url], [url=/users/mcgillca]Colin McGill[/url] and me.

NGC 3628 is an unbarred spiral galaxy about 35 million light-years away in the constellation Leo. It was discovered by William Herschel in 1784. It has an approximately 300,000 light-years long tidal tail. NGC 3628 along with M65 and M66 form the famous Leo Triplet, a small group of galaxies. Its most conspicuous feature is the broad and obscuring band of dust located along the outer edge of its spiral arms, effectively transecting the galaxy to our view.

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