Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Ursa Major (UMa)  ·  Contains:  NGC 3718  ·  NGC 3729
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NGC 3718, Roberto Marinoni
NGC 3718
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NGC 3718 in Ursa Major is classified like a peculiar barred spiral galaxy: indeed its shape is more complex, due to the interaction with the companion galaxy NGC 3729 visible on the bottom side of the image.
Both galaxies are located at a distance of about 49 million light years, and the distance between them is only 185000 light years.
To be noted in NGC 3718 the very evident dust lane crossing the central regions.
On the right of NGC 3718 is visible a group of galaxies, catalogued as Hickson 56: their estimate distance is about 400 million light years.

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