RA 170.0707° · Dec 13.5897° · openngc
12 more points to reach Epic.
NGC 3628 is a rare galaxy. It lies about 40,229,119.1 light-years from Earth, sits in the constellation Leo and shines at apparent magnitude 9.45.
A barred spiral — a straight bar of stars driving right through the nucleus, feeding gas inwards. Our own Milky Way is one of these.
Look for NGC 3628 in the constellation Leo. At apparent magnitude 9.45, a small backyard telescope will bring it into view.
Like any astronomical target, NGC 3628 is best seen from a dark site away from city lights, and when it is above the horizon depends on your latitude and the time of year. The visibility panel above works out tonight's viewing window for your saved location.
NGC 3628 scores 38 points on Spacedle's rarity scale, which places it in the rare tier. Another 12 points would lift it into a rarer tier.
That score comes from 5 science badges — Galaxy, Outside our galaxy entirely, Barred spiral galaxy, On the zodiac and Big on the sky — each earned for a real, measurable property of the object. Rarity on Spacedle is never random: the more remarkable an object's astrophysics, the more badges it collects, the higher it scores, and the rarer it ranks.