NGC 3718, also calledArp 214, is agalaxy located approximately 52 million light years from Earth in the constellationUrsa Major.[4][2][5] It is either a lenticular or spiral galaxy.[6]
NGC 3718 exhibits a warped, S-shape similar toNGC 6872, possibly a result of gravitational interaction withNGC 3729, another spiral galaxy located 150,000 light-years away.[7]
South of NGC 3718 theHickson 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.
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