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Astronomy Picture of the Day -- Edge-on NGC 3628
NASA ^ | November 04, 2011 | (see photo credit)

Posted on 11/04/2011 3:02:40 AM PDT by SunkenCiv

Explanation: Sharp telescopic views of magnificent edge-on spiral galaxy NGC 3628 show a puffy galactic disk divided by dark dust lanes. The tantalizing scene puts many astronomers in mind of its popular moniker, The Hamburger Galaxy. About 100,000 light-years across and 35 million light-years away in the constellation Leo, NGC 3628 shares its neighborhood in the local Universe with two other large spirals, a grouping otherwise known as the Leo Triplet. Gravitational interactions with its cosmic neighbors are likely responsible for the extended flare and warp of this spiral's disk, populated by the galaxy's young blue star clusters and tell tale pinkish star forming regions. Also a result of past close encounters, a faint tidal tail of material is just visible extending upward and left in this deep galaxy portrait.

November 04, 2011

(Excerpt) Read more at 129.164.179.22 ...


TOPICS: Astronomy; Astronomy Picture of the Day; Science
KEYWORDS: apod; astronomy; ngc3628; science
[Credit & Copyright: Stephen Leshin]

1 posted on 11/04/2011 3:02:41 AM PDT by SunkenCiv
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2 posted on 11/04/2011 3:03:31 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (It's never a bad time to FReep this link -- https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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To: SunkenCiv

Another good one.


3 posted on 11/04/2011 3:05:09 AM PDT by ComputerGuy (HM2/USN M/3/3 Marines RVN 66-67)
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To: SunkenCiv

And it’s heading this way, AAAAAAAAHHHHH!


4 posted on 11/04/2011 4:18:46 AM PDT by Jonty30
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To: SunkenCiv

Decker’s Planet Eater.


5 posted on 11/04/2011 4:47:35 AM PDT by hattend (If I wanted you dead, you'd be dead. - Cameron Connor)
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To: SunkenCiv

That is a great angle!


6 posted on 11/04/2011 5:18:15 AM PDT by left that other site (Psalm 122:6)
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To: SunkenCiv

Thank you, Civilizations. It’s beautiful but chaotic and lopsided, sort of like my misspent youth, LOL!


7 posted on 11/04/2011 11:35:34 AM PDT by TheOldLady (FReepmail me to get ON or OFF the ZOT LIGHTNING ping list)
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To: SunkenCiv

The Trio in Leo...(ok, part 3 of the three)

What was nice was I saw the picture and recognized as part of the trio, before I read the article.

The old brain still works!


8 posted on 11/04/2011 11:50:36 AM PDT by Conan the Librarian (The Best in Life is to crush my enemies, see them driven before me, and the Dewey Decimal System)
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To: SunkenCiv

I delight in seeing blue and pink in these star forming regions! These are appropriate nursery colors!


9 posted on 11/04/2011 2:04:28 PM PDT by .30Carbine
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:’) Thanks!


10 posted on 11/04/2011 4:35:36 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (It's never a bad time to FReep this link -- https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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