  Contrary to a previously published claim it is found that the spheroidal
galaxies NGC 147 and NGC 185 probably form a stable binary system. Distance
estimates place this pair on the near side of the Andromeda subgroup of the
Local Group. The fact that this system has probably remained stable over a
Hubble time suggests that it does not have a plunging orbit that brings it very
close to M 31. It is noted that the only two Local Group galaxy pairs, in which
the components have comparable masses, also have similar morphological types.
NGC 147 and NGC 185 are both spheroidals, while the LMC and SMC are both
irregulars. This suggests that protogalaxies of similar mass that are spawned
in similar environments evolve into objects having similar morphologies.
