NGC 3718 (Arp 214) & Hickson 56
Taken by Giuseppe Donatiello on May 23, 2015 @
Oria (Brindisi), Italy
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[Credit: DSS-POSS II / SDSS / WISE / Giuseppe Dinatiello]
RA: 11 32 56 Dec: +53 01 55
Discovered by Sir William Herschel, NGC 3718 became the future study of Halton Arp at the Mt. Palomar and Mt. Wilson observatories and while there, he produced his well known catalog of Peculiar Galaxies that are disturbed or irregular in appearance. NGC 3718 contains an active galactic nucleus (AGN) and is known as a Seyfert Galaxy type 1.9
A closer examination of this picture will also show another compact set of interacting galaxies known as Hickson 56. Located some 400 million light years distant, this Hickson compact group has several catalogue designations including UGC 6527, VV 150, Markarian 176 and Arp 322 and were originally observed by Lord Rosse.
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