NGC 3628, the Hamburger Galaxy or the Sarah Galaxy

NGC 3628, also known as the Hamburger Galaxy or the Sarah Galaxy, is a spiral galaxy without a bar about 35 million light-years away in the constellation Leo. It was discovered by William Herschel in 1784. It has a tidal tail about 300,000 light-years long. Along with M65 and M66, NGC 3628 forms the Leo Triplet, a small group of galaxies. Its most outstanding feature is the wide and obscuring dust band located along the outer edge of its spiral arms, effectively transecting the galaxy from Earth.

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Photo by: Francisco Silva

Scheduled by: You

Observation date: Saturday, May 12, 2018

Observation time: 5:42pm EDT / 2:42pm PDT / 21:42 UTC

Observatory: Slooh Canary Islands

Telescope: Canary One

Instrument: Canary Half Meter

Photo by: Francisco Silva

Scheduled by: You

Observation date: Saturday, May 12, 2018

Observation time: 5:37pm EDT / 2:37pm PDT / 21:37 UTC

Observatory: Slooh Canary Islands

Telescope: Canary One

Instrument: Canary Half Meter

Photo by: Francisco Silva

Scheduled by: You

Observation date: Saturday, May 12, 2018

Observation time: 5:37pm EDT / 2:37pm PDT / 21:37 UTC

Observatory: Slooh Canary Islands

Telescope: Canary One

Instrument: Canary Half Meter

Photo by: Francisco Silva

Scheduled by: You

Observation date: Saturday, May 12, 2018

Observation time: 5:36pm EDT / 2:36pm PDT / 21:36 UTC

Observatory: Slooh Canary Islands

Telescope: Canary One

Instrument: Canary Half Meter