My Astrophotography – NGC 3628 (Hamburger Galaxy)

NGC 3628 (Hamburger Galaxy)

NGC 3628 is the Hamburger Galaxy ~ a striking, edge‑on spiral in Leo, famous for its dark dust lane and its role in the Leo Triplet with M65 and M66.
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Object Name
NGC 3628

Object Type
Galaxy

Constellation
Leo

Magnitude
9.5

Distance
32 million light-years

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Equipment

Telescope:

Mount:

Accessories:

Sky-Watcher Esprint 80ED Triplet

ZWO AM7 Equatorial Mount

ZWO ASIair Plus / PixInsight

Camera:

Guiding:

Filter:

ZWO ASI2600MC Pro cooling

ZWO ASI1200MM

2″ Optolong L-Pro

Bortle Scale: Haw Wood Farm, Saxmundham, Suffolk (Bortle 4.2)

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Integration

Date:
Sunday 19th April 2026
Tuesday 22nd October 2024

Moonlit:
Waxing crescent: 1.8 days old
Magnitude: -9.7
Moonlit: 5%

Total:
180’s x 30 subs = 1 hours 30 minutes

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Constellation :- Leo (The Lion)

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NGC 3628

The Hamburger Galaxy

Galaxy (Class: Sb)

9.5

32 million light years / 100,000 light years across

Leo (Leo / The Lion)

11h 20m 17s

+13° 55′ 23″

Enlarge on click the map.

(Click the map above for a large view.)

Abbreviation: Leo (Leo)

English Name: The Lion

Genitive: Regulus

Hemisphere: Northern / Southern Hemisphere (Bold means the more area in square feet in Northern Hemisphere.)

Location: Between the constellations of Virgo and Cancer.

Visible between latitudes: +90 and -65 degrees

Best season: Spring

Seen in three seasons: Winter, Spring and Summer

Best seen in: April (map)

Seen between: January and June

Right Ascension (RA): 11 hour

Declination (DEC): +15 degrees

Area (square degrees): 947 square degrees (12th)

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Essentials: NGC 3628 (Hamburger Galaxy)
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Why it’s called Hamburger Galaxy?
NGC 3628’s thick, dark dust lane slices across its edge‑on disk, giving it the appearance of a cosmic hamburger bun ~ this dust band obscures the bright central region and highlights the galaxy’s layered structure.
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