Maffei 1 and Maffei 2

In 1967, the Italian astrophysicist Paolo Maffei, one of the pioneers of infrared astronomy, made an amazing discovery. While scanning images of IC 1805 (the Heart Nebula) in Cassiopeia, he spotted two galaxies that had never been seen before. These two galaxies had evaded detection due to their position within what is referred to asContinue reading “Maffei 1 and Maffei 2”
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