Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Lynx (Lyn)  ·  Contains:  Bear Claw Nebula  ·  Bear Paw galaxy  ·  Bear-Paw Galaxy  ·  NGC 2537  ·  PGC 2273292  ·  PGC 23057
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The Bear Paw Galaxy, NGC 2537 (Arp 6, Mrk 86), Boris US5WU
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The Bear Paw Galaxy, NGC 2537 (Arp 6, Mrk 86)

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The Bear Paw Galaxy, NGC 2537 (Arp 6, Mrk 86)

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The Bear Paw Galaxy, NGC 2537 (Arp 6, Mrk 86) is a blue compact dwarf galaxy (type SBm) in the constellation Lynx.
NGC2537 is located at a distance of about 26 million light years and has dimensions of 13,000 light years. Angular apparent size in the sky of 1,7'x 1,5'. To the left of NGC2537 is located a more distant and larger spiral galaxy NGC 2537A (MCG 8-15-51, PGC 23057).

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The Bear Paw Galaxy, NGC 2537 (Arp 6, Mrk 86), Boris US5WU