NGC 3718 and HIckson 56 group

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Photographer
bw_ecom1@earthlink.net
Email
bw_ecom1@earthlink.net
Location of photo
Dark-sky location near Anza, CA
Date/Time of photo
4/17, 4/18/2015
Equipment
12.5" PlaneWave CDK telescope and Quantum--Scientific QSI640-ws camera
Description
NGC 3718 is a warped spiral galaxy in the constellation Ursa Major. It's peculiar shape resulted from gravitational interaction with other galaxies. The small group of galaxies in the lower right is Hickson 56, about 400M light-years away and much more distant than NGC 3718..
Website
http://www.oc-aisig.org/zenphoto/index.php?album=Astronomy-Images
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