NGC 3626, is a spiral galaxy in Leo that was discovered by William Herschel on March 14, 1784. It’s one of many galaxies in the constellation within the range of small scopes. NGC 3626 is located 70 million light-years away. It covers 2.7 x 1.9 arc minutes of apparent sky, which corresponds to a spatial diameter of 55,000 light-years and is estimated to contain 40 billion stars.
Patrick Moore listed, NGC 3626, as number 40 in his Caldwell catalogue. It belongs to the NGC 3607 group of galaxies.

Telescope: Astro Physics 175EDF f8.3
Mount: Astro Physics 3600GTO “El Capitan”
Camera: SBIG STT8300
Guider: Mini Borg 50 / SBIG STi
Filters: Astrodon II 36mm LRGB

L: 57×10 mins = 570 mins, R: 26×10 mins = 260 mins, G: 24×10 mins = 240 mins, B: 24×10 mins = 240 mins

Total Imaging Time: 21h 50m

Data Imaged remotely over 8 nights during February 2022.
Data acquisition & Processing by David Churchill.

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