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Photographer:
Bruce Waddington
Location of Photo:
SkyPi Remote Observatory, New Mexico
Date/Time of photo:
3 nights ending on 2/25/2025
Equipment:
12.5" Planewave scope with QSI-640ws camera
Description:
This is NGC 3338, a rarely imaged spiral galaxy in Leo that is roughly as large as the Milky Way galaxy. The spiral arm structure is rather unusual. On the right side in this image, the arms are fairly smooth and well-formed, more like a grand-design spiral. But on the opposite side, things look more chaotic with "fragments" of spiral arms lying at odd angles. The galaxy is part of a small group and there are two dwarf galaxies that orbit NGC 3338.
