http://arxiv.org/abs/1901.05981
It has recently been suggested that the nearby galaxies Maffei 1 and 2 are further in distance than previously thought, such that they no longer are members of the same galaxy group as IC 342. We reanalyze near-infrared photometry from the Hubble Space Telescope, and find a distance to Maffei 2 of $5.73\pm0.40$ Mpc. With this distance, the Maffei Group lies 2.5 Mpc behind the IC 342 Group and has a peculiar velocity toward the Local Group of $-128\pm33$ km/s. The negative peculiar velocities of both of these distinct galaxy groups are likely the manifestation of void expansion from the direction of Perseus-Pisces.
G. Anand, R. Tully, L. Rizzi, et. al.
Mon, 21 Jan 19
25/50
Comments: 6 pages, 2 figures, Accepted to ApJL
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