NGC3628 (Galaxy)

R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 11 arcminutes across.

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From Cambridge , NGC3628 will become visible at around 21:17 (EDT), 59° above your southern horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then sink towards the horizon, setting at 03:26.

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Name NGC3628

Object type Galaxy

Part of Arp 317
The Leo Triplet

Other names

NGC 3628^[1]
UGC 6350^[2]
PGC 34697^[3]

Position

Right ascension:	11^h20^m ^[3]
Declination:	+13°35' ^[3]
Constellation:	Leo
Magnitude:	9.45 (V) ^[1] 9.97 (B) ^[1] 7.17 (J) ^[1] 6.38 (H) ^[1] 6.07 (K) ^[1]
Hubble type:	SBb
B-V Color (mag):	0.52

Sources

^[1]	OpenNGC (Mattia Verga)

^[2]	"Uppsala General Catalogue of Galaxies", P. Nilson, 1973.

^[3]	"HYPERLEDA. I. Identification and designation of galaxies", G. Paturel et al., 2003.

Visibility from Cambridge

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Cambridge

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42.38°N
71.11°W
EDT

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