|
|
|
This image was created by median combining 7 x 90 second unfiltered images taken with a Takahashi Epsilon 250 with SBIG ST-8XE CCD. The image has been cut down to be 20 x 20 arc minutes in size.
NGC 3628 forms the "Leo Triplet" with M65 and M66. NGC 3628 is seen edge-on with a broad band of dust hiding most of the spiral arms. The dust band is clearly distorted by the gravitational interaction with its two bright neighbours.
Return to Short Projects and Targets of Opportunity
In collaboration with the Remote Astronomical Society Observatory
Martin Nicholson - Daventry, United Kingdom.
This page was last updated on January 14th 2008.