NGC 2536 explained

NGC 2536
Credit:Spitzer Space Telescope/NASA.
Epoch:J2000
Type:SB(rs)c pec[1]
Z:4118 ± 17 km/s
Appmag V:14.6
Size V:1.0 × 0.5
Constellation Name:Cancer
Names:UGC 4264, PGC 22958, Arp 82

NGC 2536 is a barred spiral galaxy with a prominent inner ring structure encircling the bar in the constellation Cancer that is interacting with NGC 2535. The two galaxies are listed together in the Atlas of Peculiar Galaxies as an example of a spiral galaxy with a high surface brightness companion.[2]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database . Results for NGC 2536 . 2007-03-31.
  2. H. Arp . Atlas of Peculiar Galaxies . Astrophysical Journal Supplement . 1966 . 14 . 1–20 . 1966ApJS...14....1A . 10.1086/190147.