NGC 3628 and an example of an ultra-compact dwarf galaxy (no annotations)
NGC 3628, sometimes nicknamed the Hamburger Galaxy or Sarah's Galaxy, is an unbarred spiral galaxy about 35 million light-years away in the constellation Leo. Extending to the left of NGC 3628 for around 300,000 light-years is a ‘tidal tail’ — an elongated region of stars that arises as a result of gravitational interaction with another galaxy. Embedded within this tidal tail is the ultra-compact dwarf galaxy known as NGC 3628-UCD1.
This image was captured by the US Department of Energy’s (DOE) Dark Energy Camera mounted on the National Science Foundation’s (NSF) Víctor M. Blanco 4-meter Telescope at Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory in Chile, a Program of NSF’s NOIRLab. NGC 3628 was not part of the survey of the Virgo Cluster.
Credit:CTIO/NOIRLab/DOE/NSF/AURA
Image processing: T.A. Rector (University of Alaska Anchorage/NSF’s NOIRLab), M. Zamani (NSF’s NOIRLab), & D. de Martin (NSF’s NOIRLab)
About the Image
| Id: | noirlab2330c |
| Type: | Observation |
| Release date: | Nov. 8, 2023, 9:45 a.m. |
| Related releases: | noirlab2330 |
| Size: | 10260 x 5422 px |
About the Object
| Name: | NGC 3628 |
| Distance: | 35 million light years |
| Constellation: | Leo |
| Category: | Galaxies |
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Coordinates
| Position (RA): | 11 20 25.72 |
| Position (Dec): | 13° 35' 57.38" |
| Field of view: | 44.80 x 23.68 arcminutes |
| Orientation: | North is 0.0° left of vertical |
Colors & filters
| Band | Wave-length | Tele-scope |
|---|---|---|
| Optical g | 473 nm | Víctor M. Blanco 4-meter Telescope DECam |
| Optical r | 642 nm | Víctor M. Blanco 4-meter Telescope DECam |
| Optical i | 784 nm | Víctor M. Blanco 4-meter Telescope DECam |