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NGC 1023 Group

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Brightest member
  
NGC 1023

Distance (co-moving)
  
20.5 million

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.

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Members

  • Probable (dwarfs): DDO 024, DDO 025.
  • Possible members: NGC 672, IC 1727, NGC 1156(?).
  • Possible (dwarfs): DDO 011, DDO 017, DDO 019, DDO 022, DDO 026.

    • 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:0906.2540. Bibcode:2009MNRAS.398..722T. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2966.2009.15189.x. 

    References

    NGC 1023 Group Wikipedia
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