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Date: Jul 26 19:12 2014

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NGC 2536 (also Arp 82, MCG 4-20-5 and PGC 22958) is a magnitude +14.2 interacting (with NGC 2535) spiral galaxy located 189 million light-years away in the constellation Cancer. The galaxy was discovered by French astronomer Edouard Jean-Marie Stephan using a 80.01 cm (31.5 inch) reflecting telescope at the Marseille Observatory on the 22nd January 1877. Right Ascension 08h 11m 18.1, Declination +25° 10' 47" __________________

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Date: Feb 1 00:08 2007

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A pair of interacting galaxies might be experiencing the galactic equivalent of a mid-life crisis. For some reason, the pair, called Arp 82, didn't make their stars early on as is typical of most galaxies. Instead, they got a second wind later in life — about 2 billion years ago — and started pumping out waves of new stars as if they were young again. The new observations are from NASA's Galaxy Evolution Explorer, NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope and the Southeastern Association for Research in Astronomy Observatory at Kitt Peak, Arizona. Read more Credit NASA __________________

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