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NGC2537 Bear Paw Galaxy

NGC2537 or Arp 6 also known as the the Bear Paw galaxy. The 'paw' is easy to see and the field contains a number of fainter galaxies. This a Blue Compact Dwarf (BCD) galaxy containing knots of young, hot, blue stars giving it a blue colour. The knots are easy to see in the image.
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