NGC 3718


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.
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*APOD=Astronomy Picture of the Day