NGC 1023 Group

NGC 1023 group
NGC 1023 group
Observation data (Epoch )
Brightest member	NGC 1023
Number of galaxies	~5 plus 8 candidate members
Distance ; (co-moving)	20.5 million
Other designations
	NGC 1023 group
	See also: Galaxy group, Galaxy cluster, List of galaxy groups and clusters

The NGC 1023 group is a group of galaxies about 20.6 million light-years away from Earth. It is a group in the Local Supercluster along with the Local Group.^[2]

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
	SAB(rs)cd	+12.14
NGC 1058	SA(rs)c	+12.26

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

Map[]

The location of the NGC 1023 group within the Virgo supercluster (as part of the Laniakea supercluster) can be found near the center of this diagram - below the blue "Local Group" mark.

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. S2CID 18442520.

References[]

^ "NGC 1023 Group". Astronomy Sketch of the Day. Retrieved 2020-09-11.
^ "The Universe within 100 million Light Years - the Virgo Supercluster".

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[ned-1] "NGC 1023 Group". Astronomy Sketch of the Day. Retrieved 2020-09-11.

[2] "The Universe within 100 million Light Years - the Virgo Supercluster".

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