NGC 3718

Also known as Arp 214

galaxy

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Within Vinony's link graph, NGC 3718 is referenced by 554 other articles, and connects out to NGC 3576, NASA and epoch.

Vinony files it under Arp objects, Intermediate spiral galaxies and NGC objects.

Its subject is documented across 30 Wikipedia language editions.

Astronomical data · SIMBAD

Object type: Sy2
Redshift: z = 0.00327807
Morphology: SAB
Coordinates: RA 173.1452° · Dec 53.0679°

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Key facts

Constellation: Ursa Major
Right ascension: 11 32 34.940
Declination: +53 ° 04 ′ 04.18 ″
Distance: 47.84 ± 8.54 Mly (14.667 ± 2.618 Mpc )
Type: SB(s)a pec
Size: 153.1 kly (46.93 kpc )
Apparent size v: 2.940 ′ × 2.352 ′

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: spiral galaxy
Constellation: Ursa Major
Parent body: M109 Group
Distance from Earth: 19.8
Image: Ngc3718-hst-R658GB814.jpg

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Commons category: NGC 3718
radial velocity: 989
catalog code: LEDA 35616
discoverer or inventor: William Herschel
time of discovery or invention: 1789-04-12
apparent magnitude: 7.761
redshift: 0.003306
right ascension: 173.14521977891480
declination: 53.06791508712060
epoch: J2000.0
galaxy morphological type: SABab

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Encyclopedic overview

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. It is either a lenticular or spiral galaxy.

NGC 3718 exhibits a warped, S-shape similar to NGC 6872, and has a prominent dust lane obscuring the central bulge. The innermost disc of gas follows the dust lane has a polar orbit around NGC 3718's center, making it a polar-ring galaxy. NGC 3718 is thought to represent an early stage in the evolution of polar-ring galaxies. The unique morphology may be a result of gravitational interaction with NGC 3729, another spiral galaxy located 150,000 light-years away.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “NGC 3718” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.