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  1. Maffei 2 - Wikipedia

    Maffei 2 is an intermediate spiral galaxy about 10 million light-years away [2] in the constellation Cassiopeia. Maffei 2 and Maffei 1 were both discovered by Paolo Maffei in 1968 from their …

  2. The Hidden Galaxy - NASA

    Jan 18, 2011 · Maffei 2 is the poster child for an infrared galaxy that is almost invisible to optical telescopes. Foreground dust clouds in our Milky Way galaxy block about 99.5 percent of its …

  3. Maffei 1 - Wikipedia

    Maffei 1 is a massive elliptical galaxy near the constellation borders between Perseus and Cassiopeia, located 9.8 million light years away. Once believed to be a member of the Local …

  4. Maffei 1 and 2 | NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)

    Mar 6, 2010 · Maffei 2 (to the upper left of Maffei 1) is a Spiral type galaxy that also has a disk shape, but with a bar-like central bulge and two prominent dusty spiral arms. The image size is …

  5. Maffei 1 and 2 | Facts & Distance | Britannica - Encyclopedia Britannica

    Maffei 1 and 2, two galaxies relatively close to the Milky Way Galaxy but unobserved until the late 1960s, when the Italian astronomer Paolo Maffei detected them by their infrared radiation. …

  6. Maffei 1 and Maffei 2 - Astronomy Magazine

    Jan 1, 2024 · Maffei 2 is a barred spiral that features two asymmetrical spiral arms. Its prominent central bar and lopsided arms show that the galaxy is undergoing a burst of star formation in...

  7. Maffei 2 GalaxyFacts - Universe Guide

    Apr 2, 2025 · Maffei 2 is a Spiral Galaxy located in the constellation of Cassiopeia in the northern hemisphere. Maffei 2 is not a Messier Object and doesn't have a Messier Number. The galaxy …

  8. Maffei II Galaxy – Hidden in Dust, Visible in Infrared - AstroBin

    Build: fedf9d2047767e4452cdae2fe72aa990bfafe241. In 1968, Italian astrophysicist Paolo Maffei, one of the pioneers of infrared astronomy, made an incredible discovery. While examining …

  9. Maffei 2: The Hidden Galaxy - spitzer.caltech.edu

    Maffei 2 is the poster child for an infrared galaxy that is almost invisible to optical telescopes. Foreground dust clouds in the Milky Way block about 99.5% of its visible light, but this infrared …

  10. Catalog Page for PIA13789 - NASA

    Maffei 2 is the poster child for an infrared galaxy that is almost invisible to optical telescopes. Foreground dust clouds in our Milky Way galaxy block about 99.5 percent of its visible light. …

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