Maffei 2 is an intermediate spiral galaxy about 10 million light-years away in the constellation Cassiopeia. Maffei 2 and Maffei 1 were both discovered...
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The IC 342/Maffei Group (also known as the IC 342 Group or the Maffei 1 Group) corresponds to one or two galaxy groups close to the Local Group. The member...
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IC 342/Maffei Group. It was named after Paolo Maffei, who discovered it and the neighboring Maffei 2 in 1967 via their infrared emissions. Maffei 1 is a...
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Maffei is a surname of Italian origin. Alberto Maffei (born 1995), Italian snowboarder Alessandro, Marquis de Maffei (1662–1730), Bavarian general Agnese...
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Westerhout 5 (redirect from Sh 2-199)
nebulae 670 and 669 are just below the lower back area. The galaxies Maffei 1 and Maffei 2 are both nearby the nebula, although light extinction from the Milky...
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sky. Two very large nearby galaxies, Maffei 1 and Maffei 2, were discovered in the Zone of Avoidance by Paolo Maffei by their infrared emission in 1968...
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KNDS Deutschland (redirect from Krauss-Maffei Wegmann GmbH)
KNDS Deutschland GmbH & Co, formerly Krauss-Maffei Wegmann GmbH & Co. KG (KMW), is an arms industry company based in Munich, Germany. The company produces...
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KraussMaffei is a German manufacturing company. It is a manufacturer of injection molding machines, machines for plastics extrusion technology, and reaction...
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closest galaxy group to our Local Group, the IC 342/Maffei Group. The galaxies Maffei 1 and Maffei 2 are located just to the south of the Heart and Soul...
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Daniel Benjamin Maffei (/məˈfeɪ/ mə-FAY; born July 4, 1968) is an American politician and professor who was the United States representative for New York's...
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J. A. Maffei's most famous product was the S3/6 4-6-2 locomotive of 1908. In 1836, Joseph Anton, Ritter von Maffei established the "J. A. Maffei" locomotive...
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Paolo Maffei (2 January 1926 – 1 March 2009) was an Italian astrophysicist and science writer. He was born in Arezzo and was director of the Catania Observatory...
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The Leopard 2 is a third generation German main battle tank (MBT). Developed by Krauss-Maffei in the 1970s, the tank entered service in 1979 and replaced...
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Dwingeloo 1 (category IC 342/Maffei Group)
1 has two smaller satellite galaxies – Dwingeloo 2 and MB 3 – and is a member of the IC 342/Maffei Group of galaxies. The Dwingeloo 1 galaxy was discovered...
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Leuschner Observatory (section Maffei 1 and 2)
galaxies. Once it was known what they were, the two objects were named Maffei 1 and Maffei 2 after their discover. In identifying the nature of the objects,...
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Francesco Maffei (1605 – 2 July 1660) was an Italian painter, active in the Baroque style. He probably trained in his birthplace of Vicenza with his father...
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KNDS (section Leopard 2 upgrade)
industry holding company, which is the result of a merger between Krauss-Maffei Wegmann and Nexter Systems. The joint holding company is headquartered in...
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radius of 3.75 Mpc (12.2 Mly). Ten of these are spirals, while the remaining two are ellipticals. The two ellipticals (Maffei 1 and Centaurus A) lie on...
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Howitzer 155 mm) is a wheeled self-propelled howitzer developed by Krauss-Maffei Wegmann (now known as KNDS Deutschland), a German defence company. The RCH...
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Paolo Maffei, director of the Catania Observatory from 1975 to 1980, was one of the pioneers of infrared astronomy. He discovered 2 galaxies, Maffei 1 and...
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Draco II satellite". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 480 (2): 2609–2627. arXiv:1807.10655. Bibcode:2018MNRAS.480.2609L. doi:10.1093/mnras/sty1986...
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January 1971 (section January 2, 1971 (Saturday))
previously undiscovered galaxies, now called Maffei 1 and Maffei 2 for the first astronomer to observe them, Paolo Maffei, both relatively near to the Milky Way...
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SB(rs)bc Ursa Major 10.6 Maffei 2 SAB(rs)bc Cassiopeia 16.0 Milky Way SB(rs)bc Sagittarius N/A NGC 1 SA(s)b Pegasus 13.65 NGC 2 Sab Pegasus +15.0 NGC 17...
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Project Small Magellanic Cloud Microlensing Maffei — Paolo Maffei (for example: galaxies Maffei 1 and Maffei 2 in Cassiopeia) Mailyan — (for example: Mailyan...
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library opened in November 2011, and was designed by Arata Isozaki and Andrea Maffei. Maranello is the starting point of the annual Italian Marathon, which finishes...
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in Volans Maffei 1 is an elliptical galaxy in the constellation Cassiopeia and the closest giant elliptical galaxy to the Milky Way. Maffei 2 is a spiral...
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The Krauss-Maffei ML 4000 is a diesel-hydraulic locomotive, built between 1961 and 1969 by German manufacturer Krauss-Maffei in Munich, Germany. It generated...
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Raffaele Maffei OSM (17 February 1451 – 25 January 1522) was an Italian humanist, historian and theologian; and member of the Servite Order. He was a native...
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and Krauss-Maffei Wegmann. strv 122D – Renovated strv 122B with updated command and control systems by FMV's FSV Mv division and Krauss-Maffei Wegmann....
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