Astronomy Picture of the Day

                         Astronomy Picture of the Day

    Discover the cosmos! [1] Each day a different image or photograph of our
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                           professional astronomer.

                               2018 September 5
                                      [2]
                      NGC 3628: Sideways Spiral Galaxy
Image Credit & Copyright: Data: Paul Gardner [3] , Great Basin Observatory [4]
       ; Processing: Rogelio Bernal Andreo [5] (DeepSkyColors.com [6] )

Explanation: What do spiral galaxies look like sideways? Featured is a sharp
telescopic view of a magnificent edge-on spiral galaxy NGC 3628 [7] , a puffy
galactic disk [8]  divided by dark dust lanes. Of course, this deep galactic
portrait [9]  puts some astronomers in mind [10]  of its popular moniker, The
Hamburger Galaxy. The tantalizing island universe [11] is about 100,000
light-years across and 35 million light-year [12] s away in the northern
springtime constellation [13]  Leo. NGC 3628 [14] shares its neighborhood in
the local Universe [15]  with two other large spirals M65 [16]  and M66 [17]
in a grouping otherwise known as the Leo Triplet [18] . Gravitational
interactions with [19] its cosmic neighbors are likely responsible for the
extended flare and warp [20]  of this spiral's disk.

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