Sharp telescopic views of magnificent edge-on spiral galaxy NGC 3628 show a
puffy galactic disk divided by dark dust lanes. Of
course, this deep
galactic portrait puts some astronomers in mind
of its popular moniker, The Hamburger Galaxy. The tantalizing island universe is
about 100,000 light-years across and 35 million light-years away in the northern
springtime constellation Leo. NGC 3628 shares its neighborhood in the local Universe
with two other large spirals M65 and M66 in 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.
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