Maffei 2

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title: "Maffei 2" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["intermediate-spiral-galaxies", "ic-342/maffei-group", "cassiopeia-(constellation)", "principal-galaxies-catalogue-objects", "sharpless-objects", "astronomical-objects-discovered-in-1968", "ugca-objects"] description: "Galaxy in the constellation Cassiopeia" topic_path: "science/astronomy" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maffei_2" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Galaxy in the constellation Cassiopeia ::

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Field	Value
name	Maffei 2
image	Maf2atlas.jpg
image_size	220px
caption	Image by Two Micron All Sky Survey (2MASS)
epoch	J2000
type	SAB(rs)bc
size	16.57 Kiloparsecs (54,000 Light-Years) (diameter; 25.0 mag/arcsec2 B-band isophote){{cite web
work	NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database
title	NED results for object Maffei 2
url	http://nedwww.ipac.caltech.edu/
access-date	2026-01-16 }}
ra
dec
dist_ly	9.8 Mly
z	-17 ± 5 km/s
appmag_v	16.0
size_v	15.2 × 7.0
constellation name	Cassiopeia
names	UGCA 39, PGC 10217, Sharpless 197
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| name = Maffei 2 | image = Maf2atlas.jpg | image_size = 220px | caption = Image by Two Micron All Sky Survey (2MASS) | epoch = J2000 | type = SAB(rs)bc | size = 16.57 Kiloparsecs (54,000 Light-Years) (diameter; 25.0 mag/arcsec2 B-band isophote){{cite web | work=NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database | title=NED results for object Maffei 2 | url=http://nedwww.ipac.caltech.edu/ | access-date=2026-01-16 }} | ra = | dec = | dist_ly = 9.8 Mly | z = -17 ± 5 km/s | appmag_v = 16.0 | size_v = 15.2 × 7.0 | constellation name = Cassiopeia | names = UGCA 39, PGC 10217, Sharpless 197

Maffei 2 is an intermediate spiral galaxy about 10 million light-years away{{cite journal | last=Karachentsev | first=I. D. | year=2005 | title = The Local Group and Other Neighboring Galaxy Groups | journal = Astronomical Journal | volume = 129 | issue = 1 | pages = 178–188 | bibcode = 2005AJ....129..178K | doi = 10.1086/426368 |arxiv = astro-ph/0410065 | s2cid=119385141

References

References

1. "The Hidden Galaxy". NASA.

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