NGC 2536

NGC 2536 is a barred spiral galaxy in the constellation Cancer. It was discovered on 22 January 1877 by French astronomer Édouard Stephan.^[2]

NGC 2536
A multiwavelength image of NGC 2535 and NGC 2536 (bottom). Mid-infrared emission is red, H alpha emission (at 694.0 nm) is green, and ultraviolet emission is blue.
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation	Cancer
Right ascension	8h 11m 15.9s[1]
Declination	+25° 10′ 46″[1]
Redshift	4118 ± 17 km/s[1]
Apparent magnitude (V)	14.6[1]
Characteristics
Type	SB(rs)c pec[1]
Apparent size (V)	1.0′ × 0.5′[1]
Other designations
UGC 4264,[1] PGC 22958,[1] Arp 82[1]

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.^[3]

See also

• NGC 2535
• List of NGC objects (2001–3000)