Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Ursa Major (UMa)  ·  Contains:  NGC 3718  ·  NGC 3729
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NGC3718 / NGC3729 / Hickson 56 Group Galaxies, Elvie1
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NGC3718 / NGC3729 / Hickson 56 Group Galaxies

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NGC3718 / NGC3729 / Hickson 56 Group Galaxies

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NGC3718 / NGC3729 / Hickson 56 Group Galaxies

NGC3718 (Arp 214) - warped spiral Galaxy in constellation Ursa Major
NGC3729 - spiral galactic neighbour - 150K LY to NGC3718 left
Hickson 56 - just below NGC3718 - 4 of 5  interacting galaxies about 400 M LY distant

The gravitationally interacting pair of NGC3718 and NGC3729 are about 52 M LY distant

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NGC3718 / NGC3729 / Hickson 56 Group Galaxies, Elvie1