Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Cassiopeia (Cas)  ·  Contains:  LBN 659  ·  PGC 101332  ·  PGC 2797112  ·  PGC 9892  ·  Sh2-191
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Maffei 1, Riedl Rudolf
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Maffei 1

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Maffei 1

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Maffei 1 is a huge elliptical Galaxy between Heart and Soul nebula. The size of the Galaxy is only about 3,3 x 1,7 arcmin. The distance is about 10 Mio Lj. Maffei 1 should be as bright as the whole Milky way, due to a lot of dust we can see only the central region.
I did a picture with the Astrograph with a wider field of view ar. 1 year ago which can be found here: https://astrob.in/vpw9rj/B/

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Maffei 1, Riedl Rudolf