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{{Short description|Dwarf irregular galaxy in the constellation Camelopardalis}}
{{Infobox Galaxy
| image = Starburst in a Dwarf Irregular Galaxy.jpg
| image_size = 300px
| caption = A [[Hubble Space Telescope]] (HST) image of NGC 1569
| name = [[New General Catalogue|NGC]] 1569
| type = IBm<ref name="ned" />
| epoch = [[J2000]]
| ra = {{RA|4|30|49.1}}<ref name="ned" />
| dec = {{DEC|+64|50|53}}<ref name="ned" />
| dist_ly = [[1 E22 m|10.96 ± 0.65]] [[light-year|Mly]] (3.36 ± 0.20 [[parsec|Mpc]]<ref name="Grocholski2008" />)
| appmag_v = 11.9<ref name="ned" />
| size_v = 3′.6 × 1′.8<ref name="ned" />
| z = -104 km/[[second|s]]<ref name="ned" />
| constellation name = [[Camelopardalis]]
| notes = Contains two super star clusters
| names = [[Uppsala General Catalogue|UGC]] 3056,<ref name="ned" /> [[Principal Galaxies Catalogue|PGC]] 15345,<ref name="ned" /><br>
VII Zw 016,<ref name="ned" /> [[Atlas of Peculiar Galaxies|Arp]] 210<ref name="ned" />
}}

'''[[New General Catalogue|NGC]] 1569''' is a [[dwarf galaxy|dwarf]] [[irregular galaxy]] in [[Camelopardalis]]. The galaxy is relatively nearby and consequently, the [[Hubble Space Telescope]] can easily resolve the stars within the galaxy.<ref name="hunteretal2000">{{cite journal
| author=D. A. Hunter | author2=R. W. O'Connell | author3=J. S. Gallagher | author4=T. A. Smecker-Hane
| s2cid=6445978 | title=The Star Clusters in the Starburst Irregular Galaxy NGC 1569
| journal=Astronomical Journal
| date=2000
| volume=120
| issue=5
| pages=2383–2401
| bibcode=2000AJ....120.2383H
| doi=10.1086/316810 |arxiv = astro-ph/0009280 }}</ref> The distance to the galaxy was previously believed to be only 2.4 [[parsec|Mpc]] (7.8 [[light-year|Mly]]).<ref name="Makarova2003">{{cite journal
| author=Makarova, L. N. | author2=Karachentsev, I. D.
| s2cid=119037879
| title=On the Distance to Nearby Dwarf Galaxy NGC 1569
| journal=Astrophysics (English Translation of Astrofizika)
| date=2003
| volume=46
| issue=2
| pages=144–150
| bibcode=2003Ap.....46..144M
| doi=10.1023/A:1024055702766 }}</ref> However, in 2008 scientists studying images from Hubble calculated the galaxy's distance at nearly 11 million light-years away, about 4 million light-years farther than previous thought, meaning it is a member of the [[IC 342]] group of galaxies.<ref name="Grocholski2008">{{cite journal
| author=Grocholski, Aaron J. |display-authors=4 | author2=Aloisi, Alessandra | author3=van der Marel, Roeland P. | author4=Mack, Jennifer | author5=Annibali, Francesca | author6=Angeretti, Luca | author7=Greggio, Laura | author8=Held, Enrico V. | author9=Romano, Donatella | author10=Sirianni, Marco | author11=Tosi, Monica
|s2cid=9877496 |name-list-style=amp | title=A New Hubble Space Telescope Distance to NGC 1569: Starburst Properties and IC 342 Group Membership
| journal=Astrophysical Journal Letters
| date= October 20, 2008 | volume=686
| issue=2
| pages=L79–L82
| doi=10.1086/592949
| bibcode=2008ApJ...686L..79G|arxiv = 0808.0153 }}</ref><ref name="hubble2008"/>

[[Merajul Islam]]

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