Twisted Spiral Galaxy NGC 3718
This image was obtained with the wide-field view of the Mosaic camera on the Mayall 4-meter telescope at Kitt Peak National Observatory. NGC 3718 is the twisted spiral galaxy in the upper-right corner of the image. Its distinctive shape is likely the result of gravitational interactions with the smaller spiral galaxy, NGC 3729, to the left. Below and to the right of NGC 3718 is the Hickson Compact Group 56, which consists of five interacting galaxies. These galaxies aren't smaller. Instead, they are about eight times further away than NGC 3718 and NGC 3729. The image was generated with observations in the U (violet), B (blue), V (green), I (orange) and Hydrogen-Alpha (red) filters. This image is rotated 35 degrees counterclockwise from North is up, East is left.
Credit:About the Image
Id: | noao-ngc3718 |
Type: | Observation |
Release date: | June 30, 2020, 9:33 p.m. |
Size: | 4728 x 3628 px |
About the Object
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Coordinates
Position (RA): | 11 32 51.05 |
Position (Dec): | 53° 4' 53.58" |
Field of view: | 20.42 x 15.76 arcminutes |
Orientation: | North is 35.0° left of vertical |
Colors & filters
Band | Wave-length | Tele-scope |
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Optical U | 357 nm | Nicholas U. Mayall 4-meter Telescope Mosaic I |
Optical B | 436 nm | Nicholas U. Mayall 4-meter Telescope Mosaic I |
Optical V | 537 nm | Nicholas U. Mayall 4-meter Telescope Mosaic I |
Optical I | 805 nm | Nicholas U. Mayall 4-meter Telescope Mosaic I |
Optical Ha | 656 nm | Nicholas U. Mayall 4-meter Telescope Mosaic I |