The galaxy was first discovered bySir John Herschel in November 1835. A month later, he observed NGC 1570 again and mistakenly called it NGC 1571 due to imprecise coordinates. NGC 1570 is part of a smallgalaxy group called LDC 302.[3] It is the brightest member.
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