NGC 1560

{{Short description|Galaxy in the constellation Camelopardalis}}

{{Sky|04|32|49.09|+|71|52|59.2}}

{{Infobox galaxy

| image = 250px

| alt = NGC 1560

| caption = Pan-STARRS image of NGC 1560

| epoch = J2000

| constellation name = Camelopardalis

| ra = {{RA|04|32|49.09}}

| dec = {{DEC|+71|52|59.2}}

| h_radial_v = −37 ± 6 km/s

| z = −0.000123

| dist_ly = {{cvt|2.99|±|0.10|Mpc|Mly|lk=on|order=flip}}{{cite journal|title=Cosmicflows-2: The Data|author1=Tully, R. Brent|display-authors=etal|journal=The Astronomical Journal|volume=146|issue=4|date=2013|page=86|bibcode=2013AJ....146...86T|doi=10.1088/0004-6256/146/4/86|arxiv=1307.7213|s2cid=118494842}}

| group_cluster =

| type = SA(s)d{{cite web|url=https://ned.ipac.caltech.edu/byname?objname=NGC%201560&hconst=67.8&omegam=0.308&omegav=0.692&wmap=4&corr_z=1|title=Results for object NGC 1560 (NGC 1560)|work=NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database|publisher=California Institute of Technology|access-date=2021-03-01}}

| size = 36,023 ly (11.05 kpc) (estimated)

| appmag_v = 9.82

| appmag_b =

| absmag_v = −17.7

| size_v =

| names = {{odlist|IC=2062|UGC=3060|MCG=+12-05-005|PGC=15488}}{{cite simbad|title=NGC 1560|accessdate=2021-03-01}}

}}

NGC 1560, also known as IC 2062, is an 11th-magnitude spiral galaxy, in the IC 342/Maffei Group.{{cite web|author=Hartmut Frommert |author2= Christine Kronberg |url=http://spider.seds.org/spider/LG/n1560.html |title=NGC 1560 |publisher=Spider.seds.org |date=2000-01-01 |access-date=2012-11-13}} It was discovered by Wilhelm Tempel on August 1, 1883.{{cite web|url=http://cseligman.com/text/atlas/ngc15a.htm |title=NGC Objects: NGC 1550 - 1599 |publisher=Cseligman.com |date=2012-08-04 |access-date=2012-11-13}}

The galaxy has a negative radial velocity of -35 km/second. NGC1560 is close enough to the Earth that its distance must be derived directly (not using redshift). Karachentsev et al. (2003) report a distance of 3.45 Mpc (11.2 million light years), while Madore (1993) give 2.5 Mpc (8.1 Mly) using the brightest stars method. Currently, the most accurate estimate is approximately 8 to 12 million light years. At this distance, it is relatively close to Earth, but not part of the Local Group.

This galaxy is approximately 35 thousand light years wide, determined by its apparent size of 11.6 by 1.9 arcminutes.