NGC 3628

NGC 3628 is often called the Hamburger Galaxy or Sarah's Galaxy forms part of the Leo triplet of galaxies along with Messier 65 and Messier 66. The galaxy is an unbarred spiral galaxy seen edge on from our perspective. A broad band of dust along the equatorial axis blocks most of the view of the disc and nucleus of the galaxy. The galaxy also shows evidence of past interactions with other galaxies as a long 300,000 light year tidal tail can be seen in long exposure images extending from it, along with with edges of the spiral disc being warped.