NGC 3718, also called Arp 214, is a

galaxy A galaxy is a system of stars, stellar remnants, interstellar gas, dust, dark matter, bound together by gravity. The word is derived from the Greek ' (), literally 'milky', a reference to the Milky Way galaxy that contains the Solar System. ...

located approximately 52 million light years from Earth in the constellation

Ursa Major Ursa Major (; also known as the Great Bear) is a constellation in the northern sky, whose associated mythology likely dates back into prehistory. Its Latin name means "greater (or larger) bear," referring to and contrasting it with nearby Ursa ...

. It is either a lenticular or spiral galaxy. NGC 3718 has a warped, s-shape similar to

NGC 6872 NGC 6872, also known as the Condor Galaxy, is a large barred spiral galaxy, barred spiral galaxy of galaxy morphological classification, type ' in the constellation Pavo (constellation), Pavo. It is from Earth and is approximately five billion y ...

. This may be due to gravitational interaction between it and NGC 3729, another spiral galaxy located 150,000 light-years away. NGC 3718 is a member of the

Ursa Major Cluster The Ursa Major Cluster (Ursa Major I Cluster, UMa I ClG) is a spiral-rich galaxy cluster of the Virgo Supercluster. Some of its largest members are NGC 3631, NGC 3953, M109 on North (M109 Group) and NGC 3726, NGC 3938, NGC 4051 on South. ...

Hickson Compact Group

South of NGC 3718 the

Hickson Compact Group A Hickson Compact Group (abbreviation: HCG) is a collection of galaxies designated as published by Paul Hickson in 1982. The most famous group on Hickson's list of 100 objects is HCG 92, Stephan's Quintet. Hickson Compact Groups According to Hi ...

#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, which is about 8 times more distant than NGC 3718.

Gallery

File:NGC3718.jpg, NGC3718 and its companion NGC 3729. File:NGC 3718 legacy dr10.jpg, NGC 3718 and HCG 56 with the legacy surveys File:HCG 56 ACS F606W.jpg, The Hickson Compact Group #56 with Hubble

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* Ursa Major Ursa Major Cluster Intermediate spiral galaxies Peculiar galaxies 3718 35616 214 {{Spiral-galaxy-stub