Edge-on NGC 3628
Image Credit & Copyright: Stephen Leshin Explanation: Sharp telescopic views of magnificent edge-on spiral
galaxy NGC 3628 show a puffy
galactic disk divided by dark dust lanes. The tantalizing scene puts many astronomers
in mind of its popular moniker, The Hamburger Galaxy. About 100,000 light-years across and 35 million light-years away in the constellation Leo, NGC 3628 shares its neighborhood in the
local Universe with two other large spirals, a grouping otherwise known as
the Leo Triplet. Gravitational interactions with its cosmic neighbors are likely responsible for the extended flare and warp of this spiral's disk, populated by the galaxy's
young blue star clusters and tell tale pinkish star forming regions. Also a result of past close encounters, a faint
tidal tail of material is just visible extending upward and left in
this deep galaxy portrait.
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