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Optical and Near-Infrared Observations of the Nearby Spiral Galaxy Maffei 2

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Spectra, photographs, and photometric measurements have been used to show that Maffei 2 has a distance of 5 ± 2 Mpc and that it has a morphological type near Sbc II-in agreement with similar conclusions made earlier by radio observers. We discuss the possible relationships between Maffei 2 and the elliptical galaxy Maffei 1; there are serious inconsistencies in the existing data which bear on this question.

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© 1973 American Astronomical Society. Received 1972 August 7. We thank Drs. A. Toomre, I. King, A. Sandage, and H. C. Arp for valuable discussion. The infrared work was supported in part by National Aeronautics and Space Administration grants NGL 05-002-207 and NGL 05-002-007.

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