NGC 3718

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NGC 3718
NGC 3718 with NGC 3729.jpg
NGC 3718 (left) with its companion, NGC 3729
Observation data (J2000.0 epoch)
Constellation Ursa Major
Right ascension 11h 32m 34.940s [1]
Declination +53° 04′ 04.18″ [1]
Redshift 0.003306 [2]
Distance 47.84 ± 8.54  Mly (14.667 ± 2.618  Mpc) [3]
Apparent magnitude  (V)10.61 [2]
Characteristics
Type SB(s)a pec [3]
Apparent size  (V)2.940′ × 2.352′ [1]
Other designations
Arp  214, UGC  6524, MCG+09-19-114, PGC  35616 [2]

NGC 3718, also called Arp 214, is a galaxy located approximately 52 million light years from Earth in the constellation Ursa Major. Near NGC 3718 is the galaxy NGC 3729, a peculiar barred spiral galaxy. [4] [2] [5] It is either a lenticular or spiral galaxy. [6]

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NGC 3718 exhibits a warped, S-shape similar to NGC 6872, possibly a result of gravitational interaction with NGC 3729, another spiral galaxy located 150,000 light-years away. The Hickson Compact Group 56 can be seen south of one of NGC 3718's spiral arms. HCG 56 is eight times farther away than NGC 3718 and NGC 3729. [7]

NGC 3718 is a member of the Ursa Major Cluster. [8]

Hickson Compact Group

South of NGC 3718 the Hickson Compact Group #56 is located. HCG 56 is a compact group of galaxies of which 4 members are interacting with each other. This group is about 120 Mpc distant to our galaxy, [9] which is about 8 times more distant than NGC 3718.

References

  1. 1 2 3 Skrutskie, Michael F.; Cutri, Roc M.; Stiening, Rae; Weinberg, Martin D.; Schneider, Stephen E.; Carpenter, John M.; Beichman, Charles A.; Capps, Richard W.; Chester, Thomas; Elias, Jonathan H.; Huchra, John P.; Liebert, James W.; Lonsdale, Carol J.; Monet, David G.; Price, Stephan; Seitzer, Patrick; Jarrett, Thomas H.; Kirkpatrick, J. Davy; Gizis, John E.; Howard, Elizabeth V.; Evans, Tracey E.; Fowler, John W.; Fullmer, Linda; Hurt, Robert L.; Light, Robert M.; Kopan, Eugene L.; Marsh, Kenneth A.; McCallon, Howard L.; Tam, Robert; Van Dyk, Schuyler D.; Wheelock, Sherry L. (1 February 2006). "The Two Micron All Sky Survey (2MASS)". The Astronomical Journal. 131 (2): 1163–1183. Bibcode:2006AJ....131.1163S. doi: 10.1086/498708 . ISSN   0004-6256. S2CID   18913331.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "NGC 3718". SIMBAD . Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg . Retrieved 8 December 2017.
  3. 1 2 "NED results for object NGC 3718". National Aeronautics and Space Administration / Infrared Processing and Analysis Center . Retrieved 8 December 2017.
  4. ↑ Nemiroff, R.; Bonnell, J., eds. (31 August 2006). "Extra Galaxies". Astronomy Picture of the Day . NASA.
  5. ↑ "Best of AOP: NGC 3718". noao.edu. Archived from the original on 2015-05-24. Retrieved 2015-01-26.
  6. ↑ "NGC 3718, Spiral Galaxy". kopernik.org.
  7. ↑ "APOD: 2013 August 3 - Twisting with NGC 3718".
  8. ↑ Tully, R. Brent; Verheijen, Marc A. W.; Pierce, Michael J.; Huang, Jia-Sheng; Wainscoat, Richard J. (December 1996). "The Ursa Major Cluster of Galaxies.I.Cluster Definition and Photometric Data". The Astronomical Journal. 112: 2471. arXiv: astro-ph/9608124 . Bibcode:1996AJ....112.2471T. doi:10.1086/118196. ISSN   0004-6256. S2CID   7875515.
  9. ↑ "By Name | NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database". ned.ipac.caltech.edu. Retrieved 2023-08-06.
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