Description:Spiral Galaxy NGC 3628 is located 35
million light years away from us in the constellation Leo. This edge-on galaxy
is part of the Leo Trio together with M65 & M66. Because of the
gravitaional "tug" from the other galaxies around it, the disk of this galaxy
appears to be warped. There is also an extremely faint tail of material to the
left rim of the galaxy that appears to be orphan stars thrown off into space by
a gravitational encounter.
Photographic Details:
Date & Location: March 19th, 2009, Fort Mckavett, Texas.
Scope: Obsession 20” f/5 on a Tom Osypowski Dual Axis Equatorial Platform, Orion 100mm f/6 Guidescope.
Autoguider: Orion Starshoot Autoguider and PHD Guider software.
Camera: Canon XS DSLR (self-modified), Canon's own capture software.
Filters: None
Conditions: Temp 54F, Humidity 29%, Winds calm, Transparency 8/10, Seeing 8/10.
Exposures: 14 x 120sec @ 1600 ISO Sub Frames, 9 Darks average combined for master dark.
Post-processing:
3904x2900 Raw files converted to Lossless 16-bit FITS, calibrated,
aligned, and combined with ImagePlus 3.75. Final processing Adobe
Photoshop CS.
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