DISCOVERY OF 2 LIKELY DWARF COMPANIONS OF MAFFEI-1

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作者
MCCALL, ML
BUTA, RJ
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[1] UNIV ALABAMA,DEPT PHYS & ASTRON,TUSCALOOSA,AL 35487
[2] YORK UNIV,DEPT PHYS & ASTRON,N YORK,ON M3J 1P3,CANADA
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10.1086/117463
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P1 [天文学];
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0704 ;
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Deep wide-field CCD images have revealed two likely late-type galaxies about 20 arcmin away from Maffei 1. The brighter object may be a spiral, but the fainter is probably a dwarf irregular galaxy. The two objects are probably members of the IC 342-Maffei group of galaxies. © 1995 American Astronomical Society.
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