The NGC 3718 spiral galaxy (Francesco Meschia)

Celestial hemisphere: Northern · Constellation: Ursa Major (UMa) · Contains: NGC 3718 · NGC 3729 · PGC 2421869 · PGC 2423714 · PGC 2424675 · PGC 2425281 · PGC 2425719 · PGC 2426616 · PGC 2426904 · PGC 2431209 · PGC 2432523 · PGC 2432563 · PGC 2434871 · PGC 2437341 · PGC 2439126 · PGC 2440198 · PGC 2440469 · PGC 2440787 · PGC 2441470 · PGC 35609 · PGC 35615 · PGC 35618 · PGC 35620 · PGC 35631 · PGC 91125

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The NGC 3718 spiral galaxy

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The NGC 3718 spiral galaxy

NGC 3718 is a spiral galaxy whose warped shape earned it a mention, as Arp 214, in Halton Arp's "Atlas of Peculiar Galaxies". It sits at about 48 million light years from us in the direction of the bowl of the Big Dipper. Also visible in the image is NGC 3729, another spiral galaxy whose gravitational interaction is probably responsible for the warping of NGC 3718, and the compact galaxy cluster Hickson 56.

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RA (center)	11h33m00s.44
RA (top/left)	11h36m28s.42
RA (top/right)	11h29m22s.87
RA (bottom/right)	11h29m36s.23
RA (bottom/left)	11h36m34s.30

Dec (center)	+53°04′56″.8
Dec (top/left)	+53°29′25″.8
Dec (top/right)	+53°27′26″.3
Dec (bottom/right)	+52°39′55″.6
Dec (bottom/left)	+52°41′54″.8

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