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Maffei 1: a New Massive Member of the Local Group?

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1971

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Hyron Spinrad, W. L. W. Sargent, J. B. Oke, G. Neugebauer, R. Landau, Ivan R. King, James E. Gunn, Gordon Garmire, Nannielou H. Dieter
The Astrophysical Journal

Abstract

An extensive collection of observational data is presented which indicates that the recently discovered infrared object Maffei 1 is a highly reddened giant elliptical galaxy at a distance of about 1 Mpc, and thus is probably a new massive member of the Local Group.