Inspection of
multicolored cosmic view shown above reveals a surprising number of galaxies in
the Ursa Major. Some are close, some far away.
The galaxy is striking,
no doubt, NGC 3718, the spiral is deformed toward the center of the image. Its
spiral arms, which are distinguished numerous clusters of young, blue stars,
appear to have been twisted and elongated (see picture at the bottom of the
post). As to the central region of yellow bands are marked by dark powder.
To the right of NGC
3718 and only 150 light years away is NGC 3729, another galaxy large spiral
galaxy.
Due to the unique
(pictured at right) aspect of NGC 3718 is very likely that both galaxies are
locked into a process of gravitational interaction. The galactic duo is about
52 million light years away.
Top of NGC 3718
distinguishes the remarkable Group 56 of Hickson , composed of five galaxies in
gravitational interaction, but more than 400 million light years away.
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