by APOD Robot » Thu May 08, 2014 4:08 am
The Tail of the Hamburger Galaxy
Explanation: Sharp telescopic views of
NGC 3628 show a puffy
galactic disk divided by dark dust lanes. Of course,
this deep portrait of the magnificent, edge-on spiral galaxy puts some astronomers
in mind of its popular moniker, the Hamburger Galaxy. It also reveals a small galaxy nearby, likely a satellite of NGC 3628, and a faint but extensive
tidal tail. The tantalizing
island universe itself is about 100,000 light-years across and 35 million light-years away in the northern springtime constellation Leo. Its drawn out tail stretches for about 300,000 light-years, even beyond the left edge of the wide frame. 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 creating the tidal tail, as well as the extended flare and warp of this spiral's disk.
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