NGC 1023 Group explained

The NGC 1023 Group is a group of galaxies about 20.6e6ly away from Earth. It is a group in the Local Supercluster, along with the Local Group.^[1]

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

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.

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. Dwarf galaxies in the NGC 1023 Group. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 2009. 392. 2. 722–734. 10.1111/j.1365-2966.2009.15189.x. 0906.2540. 2009MNRAS.398..722T. 18442520.

References

Web site: The Universe within 100 million Light Years - the Virgo Supercluster . Atlas of the Universe.