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Hubble’s image of NGC 3627 shows a face-on barred spiral galaxy anchored by its central region. It has a bright yellow circular area surrounded by a lighter yellow diagonal bar structure made of a haze of stars, which forms an angled oval toward the top. The central core and bar fill about a third of the image. Two distinct spiral arms made of stars, gas, and brown filamentary dust lanes start at the center and extend to the edges, rotating clockwise. The farther the arms are from the central region the easier it is to see bright blue clusters of stars, which appear as pinpricks. The darkest areas of the arms are two large dusty arcs that start at the central region. One to lower left extends toward the top and the second starts at the top-right and extends to the bottom. The background of space beyond the galaxy appears dark gray. There are some fine red points of light toward the bottom half and top right. A triangular area at center-right is black, reflecting where there isn’t any data.