NGC 3628 - The Hamburger Galaxy

Rouven Asmußen

NGC 3628 - The Hamburger Galaxy

NGC 3628, also known as the Hamburger Galaxy or Sarah's Galaxy, 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. Along with M65 and M66, NGC 3628 forms the Leo Triplet, a small group of galaxies (credit: Wikipedia).

SPECIFICATIONS

Telescope ..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................

CHI-1 CMOS

Camera ..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................

QHY 600M

Location ..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................

El Sauce Observatory - Chile

Date of observation ..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................

Jan-Feb 2023

Filters ..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................

LRGB

Processing ..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................

PixInsight / PS

Credits ..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................

Data Telescope Live - processed by Rouven Asmußen