NGC 3628
The Hamburger Galaxy

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Click here for an annotated version showing two distant quasars.
Thanks to my friend Paul Mortfield for pointing these out to me

NGC 3628 - Spiral Galaxy in Leo

by Bob and Janice Fera

Officina Stellare RC-360AST 14" f/8 Ritchey Chretien Cassegrain
with two-element field flattener

Apogee Alta U16M CCD Camera

Astrodon Filters

LRGB Composite - 200:60:60:75 minutes

Sub Exposures: L 20m, RGB 15m

Image acquired with CCDAutopilot

Processed in CCDstack and Adobe Photoshop

Taken March 10-11, 2013 from Eagle Ridge Observatory, Foresthill, CA

 

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