Astronomy:NGC 3718
Coordinates: 
11h 32m 34.9s, +53° 04′ 04″
| NGC 3718 | |
|---|---|
 NGC 3718 | |
| 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.[4][2][5] It is either a lenticular or spiral galaxy.[6]
NGC 3718 has a warped, s-shape similar to NGC 6872. This may be due to gravitational interaction between it and NGC 3729, another spiral galaxy located 150,000 light-years away.[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.
Gallery
NGC3718 and its companion NGC 3729.
NGC 3718 and HCG 56 with the legacy surveys
The Hickson Compact Group #56 with Hubble
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Skrutskie, Michael F.; Cutri, Roc M.; Stiening, Rae; Weinberg, Martin D.; Schneider, Stephen E.; Carpenter, John M.; Beichman, Charles A.; Capps, Richard W. et al. (1 February 2006). "The Two Micron All Sky Survey (2MASS)". The Astronomical Journal 131 (2): 1163–1183. doi:10.1086/498708. ISSN 0004-6256. Bibcode: 2006AJ....131.1163S.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 "NGC 3718". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-basic?Ident=NGC+3718.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "NED results for object NGC 3718". National Aeronautics and Space Administration / Infrared Processing and Analysis Center. http://nedwww.ipac.caltech.edu/cgi-bin/nph-objsearch?objname=NGC+3718&extend=no&out_csys=Equatorial&out_equinox=J2000.0&obj_sort=RA+or+Longitude&of=pre_text&zv_breaker=30000.0&list_limit=5&img_stamp=YES.
- ↑ Nemiroff, R.; Bonnell, J., eds (31 August 2006). "Extra Galaxies". Astronomy Picture of the Day. NASA. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap060831.html.
- ↑ "Best of AOP: NGC 3718". noao.edu. http://www.noao.edu/outreach/aop/observers/n3718.html.
- ↑ "NGC 3718, Spiral Galaxy". kopernik.org. http://www.kopernik.org/images/archive/n3718.htm.
- ↑ "APOD: 2013 August 3 - Twisting with NGC 3718". http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap130803.html.
- ↑ 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. doi:10.1086/118196. ISSN 0004-6256. Bibcode: 1996AJ....112.2471T.
- ↑ "By Name | NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database". https://ned.ipac.caltech.edu/byname?objname=HCG+56&hconst=67.8&omegam=0.308&omegav=0.692&wmap=4&corr_z=1.
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