NGC 1023 Group

NGC 1023 group
Observation data (Epoch )
Brightest member NGC 1023
Distance
(co-moving)
20.5 million
Other designations
NGC 1023 group
See also: Galaxy groups, Galaxy clusters, List of galaxy clusters

The NGC 1023 group is a group of galaxies about 20.6 million light-years away from Earth. The group resides in the Canes Venatici Cloud in the Virgo Supercluster.

Members

Members of the group
Name Type Magnitude
NGC 1023 SB(rs)0 +10.65
NGC 925 SAB(s)d +10.96
NGC 891 SA(s)b +11.24
NGC 1239 SAB(rs)cd +12.14
NGC 1058 SA(rs)c +12.26

Literature

Trentham, Neil; Tully, R. Brent (2009). "Dwarf galaxies in the NGC 1023 Group". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 392 (2): 722–734. arXiv:0906.2540Freely accessible. Bibcode:2009MNRAS.398..722T. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2966.2009.15189.x. 


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