page_title: NGC 2336
section_title: Characteristics
hierarchical_section_title: NGC 2336 / Characteristics
caption_attribution_description: English: NGC 2336 Picture Details: Optics 24-inch RC Optical Systems Telescope Camera SBIG STL11000 CCD Camera Filters Custom Scientific Dates December 30th-31st, 2008 Location Mount Lemmon SkyCenter Exposure LRGB = 150:40:30:40 minutes Acquisition TheSky (Software Bisque), Maxim DL/CCD (Cyanogen) Processing CCDStack (CCDWare), Mira (MiraMetrics), Maxim DL (Cyanogen), Photoshop CS3 (Adobe) Guest Astronomer: Bill Northup Credit Line and Copyright Adam Block/Mount Lemmon SkyCenter/University of Arizona
context_page_description: NGC 2336 is a spiral galaxy located in the constellation Camelopardalis. It is located at a distance of circa 100 million light years from Earth, which, given its apparent dimensions, means that NGC 2336 is about 200,000 light years across. It was discovered by Wilhelm Tempel in 1876.
context_section_description: NGC 2336 is a barred spiral galaxy, featuring a small optical bar. At least 8 spiral arms, with numerous HII regions, emanate from the ring-like structure around the bar. This ring has a radius of approximately 34 arcseconds, which corresponds to 5.3 kpc at the distance of NGC 2336.
  In the large arms of the galaxy have been observed 28 HII regions that may host young massive star clusters, and for two of them the nebular emission comprises most of the flux. Three of these HII areas have ages calculated to be 100 to 300 million years and have sizes between 300 and 600 parsecs. It is suggested they are star complexes that may coexist with younger ones. The most massive of the HII regions, number 13, has a mass estimated to be (550±169)×10⁴ M☉ and is 2,600 ly (810 pc) across. Observations in the ultraviolet showed 78 star forming regions, with two them between the spiral arms and six at the galaxy ring. Their size is comparable to NGC 604, one of the largest nebulae in the Local Group. Star formation is more intense in the inner parts of the arms and at the ring.
  Scattered dust lanes which don't fit into a spiral structure have been observed in the nuclear region of the galaxy. No emission has been detected in the radiowaves and HI and Ha imaging of the nucleus of NGC 2336. The nucleus is small, with an apparent diameter of 5 arcseconds, while the bulge is large, with a radius of 17 arcseconds. In the centre of NGC 2336 lies a supermassive black hole whose mass is estimated to be 30 million (107.5) M☉ based on Ks bulge luminosity.
caption: NGC 2336 by Adam Block/Mount Lemmon SkyCenter
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