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NGC3628 (The Hamburger Galaxy) 

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M: Mesu 200
T: TMB 152/1200
C: QSI690 Chroma RGB, IDAS LP for luminance


102x1200s Luminance
​75x300s in Red, Green and Blue

​Totalling 52 hours and 45 minutes in exposure time.
NGC 3628, also known as the Hamburger Galaxy is an unbarred spiral galaxy about 35 million light years away in the constellation of Leo. It is part of the Leo triplet, which is a small group of galaxies including M65 and M66. 

Towards the upper middle of this image you can see a faint tidal tail - This is approximately 300,000 light years in length.

The galaxy was first discovered by William Herschel in 1784.

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  • Recent images
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    • Interesting images
  • About me
    • Star People article
  • My Blog
  • Latest Dual rig adventure
  • Astro Pixel Processor tutorials
  • Asteroids and me.....
    • How to find asteroids
    • How to create an asteroid time lapse
  • My observatory
    • The observatory rebuild
    • Equipment
    • Light pollution and astro darkness
  • My guide to image capture
    • Real world comparison - Kodak / Sony chip
    • Dual imaging set up
    • Creating an inset in Photoshop
    • Artistic one channel processing
    • Rubbish in, Rubbish out - you decide
    • Image process tutorials
    • Start / finish - Processing is THE key
    • Building a mosaic >
      • SGPro - Creating a mosaic in software
    • The difference in RGB and Ha light
    • The benefits of extra subs in graphics
    • Narrowband information
    • To bin or not to bin...
  • Equipment reviews
    • PrimaLuceLab Eagle S
    • All things ODK 10
    • PrimaLuceLab PLUS mounting system
    • Avalon linear guide settings
    • Starting out with the Avalon StarGO - Fitting and connecting to a PC
    • Avalon StarGO - Setting a custom park
    • Mallincam All Sky
    • Aviosys IP Power 9258 4 port
    • Avalon M-Tre mount
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