NGC 2536

barred spiral galaxy in the constellation Cancer
Place galaxy Q942013
NGC 2536
M. Hancock (East Tennessee State University) B. J. Smith (East Tennessee State University) C. Struck (Iowa State University) M. L. Giroux (East Tennessee State University) P. N. Appleton (Spitzer Scie · Public Domain · Wikimedia
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NGC 2536

Summary

NGC 2536 is a galaxy[1]. It ranks in the top 6% of galaxy entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • NGC 2536 is credited with the discovery of Édouard Stephan[3].
  • NGC 2536's image is recorded as NGC 2535SST.jpg[4].
  • NGC 2536's instance of is recorded as galaxy[5].
  • NGC 2536's instance of is recorded as spiral galaxy[6].
  • NGC 2536's constellation is recorded as Cancer[7].
  • NGC 2536's galaxy morphological type is recorded as SBc/P[8].
  • NGC 2536's galaxy morphological type is recorded as 6[9].
  • NGC 2536's Commons category is recorded as NGC 2536[10].
  • NGC 2536's catalog code is recorded as NGC 2536[11].
  • NGC 2536's catalog code is recorded as PGC 22958[12].
  • NGC 2536's catalog code is recorded as 2MASX J08111591+2510459[13].
  • NGC 2536's catalog code is recorded as KPG 156b[14].
  • NGC 2536's catalog code is recorded as MCG+04-20-005[15].
  • NGC 2536's catalog code is recorded as APG 82B[16].
  • NGC 2536's catalog code is recorded as UZC J081116.0+251045[17].
  • NGC 2536's catalog code is recorded as Z 119-9[18].
  • NGC 2536's catalog code is recorded as Z 0808.3+2519[19].
  • NGC 2536's catalog code is recorded as NVSS J081116+251049[20].
  • NGC 2536's catalog code is recorded as LEDA 22958[21].
  • NGC 2536's catalog code is recorded as SDSS J081115.92+251045.7[22].
  • NGC 2536's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1877-01-22T00:00:00Z[23].
  • NGC 2536's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/02qbmp5[24].
  • NGC 2536's redshift is recorded as {'amount': '+0.013736'}[25].
  • NGC 2536's redshift is recorded as {'amount': '+0.01371'}[26].
  • NGC 2536's apparent magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.8'}[27].

Body

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include galaxy[5] and spiral galaxy[6].

History and Context

Catalog codes include NGC 2536[11], PGC 22958[12], 2MASX J08111591+2510459[13], KPG 156b[14], MCG+04-20-005[15], and APG 82B[16].

Why It Matters

NGC 2536 ranks in the top 6% of galaxy entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 18 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  3. [6] . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] . VizieR. wikidata.org.
  5. [3] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . The EFIGI catalogue of 4458 nearby galaxies with detailed morphology. wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . The ninth data release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey: first spectroscopic data from the SDSS-III baryon oscillation spectroscopic survey. wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . The Updated Zwicky Catalog (UZC). wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). NGC 2536. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/ngc-2536
MLA “NGC 2536.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/ngc-2536.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_ngc-2536_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{NGC 2536}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/ngc-2536}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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