Barred spiral galaxy in the constellation Cancer

NGC 2536

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Constellation: Cancer
Right ascension: 8h 11m 15.9s
Declination: +25° 10′ 46″
Redshift: 4118 ± 17 km/s
Apparent magnitude (V): 14.6
Type: SB(rs)c pec
Apparent size (V): 1.0′ × 0.5′

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.

Supernova

One supernova has been observed in NGC 2536:

SN 2014ds (Type IIb, mag. 16.3) was discovered by Zhijian Xu and Xing Gao on 11 October 2014.

NGC 2536

Supernova

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