NGC 2536
Sign in to savebarred spiral galaxy in the constellation Cancer
Astronomical data · SIMBAD
- Object type
- GiG
- Redshift
- z = 0.01371
- Morphology
- S_AB
- Coordinates
- RA 122.8163° · Dec 25.1793°
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Key facts
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Right ascension
- 8 11 15.9
- Declination
- +25 ° 10 ′ 46 ″
- Redshift
- 4118 ± 17 km/s
- Type
- SB(rs)c pec
- Apparent size v
- 1.0 ′ × 0.5 ′
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Encyclopedic overview
NGC 2536 is a barred spiral galaxy in the constellation Cancer. It was discovered on 22 January 1877 by French astronomer Édouard Stephan.
NGC 2536 has a prominent inner ring structure encircling the bar that is interacting with NGC 2535. The two galaxies are listed together as Arp 82 in the Atlas of Peculiar Galaxies as an example of a spiral galaxy with a high surface brightness companion.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “NGC 2536” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.