Twisting with NGC 3718 . ... Credit Copyright: Martin Pugh ( Heaven's Mirror Observatory ) Explanation: A careful look at this colorful cosmic snapshot reveals a surprising number of galaxies both near and far toward the constellation Ursa Major . The most striking is NGC 3718 , the warped spiral galaxy near picture center. ... While this galaxy pair lies about 52 million light-years away, the remarkable Hickson Group 56 can also be seen clustered above NGC 3718, near the top of the frame. ...