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Photographer:
Rod Pommier
Location of Photo:
Pommier Observatory, Portland, OR, USA
Date/Time of photo:
2019-03-30 through 2019-04-30
Equipment:
Celestron Compustar C14 with Starizona LF reducer/corrector (f/7.5), SBIG STL 11000M CCD with Baader Planetarium LRGB filters, SBIG AO-L adaptive optics at 8 Hz
Description:
NGC 3628 is an edge on spiral galaxy lying 30 million light-years from Earth in the constellation Leo. It is a member of the Leo Trio along with M65 and M66. Its outline bears a a general resemblance to a hamburger with the dark brown dust lane representing the meat patty. A faint tidal star stream can be seen trailing off from the galaxy at bottom right of the frame. Exposures: L:R:G:B = 230:65:70:75 =7 hours, 50 minutes total exposure.
