NGC 1569

RA:

04 : 30.8

Dec:

+64 : 51

Type:

Irp+ III-IV:

RV:

+ 87 km/s

Distance:

7500 kly ::

Apparent Dimension:

2.9 x 1.5 arc min

Diameter:

Brightness:

11.2 mag vis

Abs. Mag:

Mass:

NGC 1569 is a galaxy which is probably situated close to the Local Group, and has been considered as a member galaxy by Arp (1986), together with its neighbor in the sky, NGC 1560. Today, however, most authors take them as neighboring non-members (e.g., van den Bergh 1994). Kraan-Korteweg and Tammann (1979) suggest they might be members of the Maffei 1 - IC 342 group. As both galaxies lie approximately in the direction of the neighboring Maffei 1 and the M81 groups, their role in the Local - Maffei 1 Group dynamics might be interesting.

Local Group candidate UGCA 92 is a close neighbor of this galaxy, which may indicate a physical relationship of some kind.

The image in this page was obtained by the Hubble Space Telescope's WFPC2 camera, and processed by Mischa Schirmer; I grabbed it from the mailing list astro at naa.net. It was composed from two blue, five green and two red as well as 4 near-IR exposures.