NGC 3718 is actually a peculiar SBa (SB(s)a pec) because
of its tidally deformed arms (and possibly its dust lane). NGC
3718 has almost certainly been changed by interaction with the galaxy
off to the left.
B&W
image from www.us-gemini.noao.edu.
(Probably g-band filter.)
Color Image
used in APOD* on 8/31/06.
Taken by Astro-camper program at UofArizona.
