NGC 3628 – 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.

Photographer: Bram Goossens

Telescope: 25cm Newtonian ATM
Mount: SkyWatcher EQ8
Camera: SBIG ST8300M
Exposure: 18h40min: LRGB: 400-240-240-240