Object Information:             NGC 3628                                                  Mag. - 9.5v                                                  Galaxy Type - Spiral Type Sb                                                  Constellation - Leo                                                  Distance -  35 million light years Description:   NGC 3628 is the largest but faintest of the striking galaxy trio in the constellation of Leo.  The other two members are Messier 65 (M 65) and Messier 66 (M 66).  Both M 65 and M 66 are located to the south (off the bottom of the above frame) of NGC 3628. Imaged at:                             Mt. Laguna, San Diego County, California,                                                  Elevation -  5500 feet Equipment:                           Optics - Takahashi MT-160 at f/6.3                                                  Mount - Losmandy G-11                                                  Camera - Santa Barbara Instrument Group (SBIG) ST-7E NABG CCD,                                                  Focal Reducer/Field Flattener - None, Guider:                                    SBIG STV Exposure Information:      March 9, 2002;                                                 Stacked sum of ten 300 second exposures for a total exposure time of 50 min.; Image Acquisition Software:    CCD Soft Version 5, Image Processing Software:     AIP for Windows - Dark subtraction,  MIRA 6 - image stacking, registration, and stacking; Photoshop 6 - final processing.

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