NGC3628 - The Hamburger Galaxy

[fireballxl5]

With the presence of Moon increasing over the next couple of weeks I thought that I would try for one more galaxy last Friday evening (8th April) and so here is NGC3628, the Hamburger.

A little short of exposure time (only 4 hours) but it seems that I have caught a couple of QSOs in this image, possibly including SDSS J112018.38+132620.0 @ RA170.076612, DEC 13.438880; Type: QX; Rmag 19.31; Bmag 20.27; z=3.82 (approx 12B ly away!!!), but this may be an adjacent star? This determination is from the AnnotateImage script within PI using the Million Quasars (Milliquas) catalogue. The script does identify the object in my image precisely (to the pixel) though I am not wholly convinced as there is a dim star also in the vicinity in the corresponding Simbad image. Does anyone know this QSO neighbourhood or if the AnnotateImage script within PI is accurate and can be relied upon? 

 

CS, Andy

Scope: StellaLyra 6" f/9 RC

Camera: ASI533MCPro

Filter: IDAS D2

Mount: RST135E

Guidecam: ASI462MC

Subs: 48x300s (4 hours)

[DaveS]

A lot of fine detail there, a few more hours data will clear up some of the noise.

[Sunshine]

WOW! fantastic image, so much detail, when I read "hamburger" my stomach made a growl!