Rịba ama amaokwu a dị n'okpuru ma zaa ajụjụ ahụ mgbe e mesịrị n'otu asụsụ ahụ dị ka amaokwu ahụ:  Passage: Maffei 1 bụ nnukwu ụyọkọ elliptical galaxy nke a na-ekewa dị ka ụdị E3 na atụmatụ nhazi nke Hubble. Nke a pụtara na ọ bụ ntakịrị flattened, ya ọkara obere axis ịbụ 70% nke ya ọkara isi axis. Maffei 1 nwekwara ụdị okpokoro (ụdị E(b) 3), ebe mpaghara etiti ya (radius ≈ 34 pc) nwere ụkọ na nchapụta ọkụ ma e jiri ya tụnyere iwu r1 / 4, nke pụtara na Maffei 1 bụ ụdị isi elliptical. Ma ụdị okpokoro ahụ na ọnụnọ nke isi na-enwu gbaa bụ ihe dị n'etiti ellipticals. Ihe ndị a na-ahụ anya nke Maffei 1 na-adabere n'ụzọ dị ukwuu na ogologo ebili mmiri nke ìhè n'ihi nnukwu ọchịchịrị nke Milky Way. N'ìhè na-acha anụnụ anụnụ ọ bụ 1<unk>2′ n'obosara ebe ọ dị nso na infrared ya isi axis ruru 23′<unk>karịa 3/4 nke dayameta ọnwa. N'ebe dị anya nke 3 Mpc nke a kwekọrọ na ihe dịka 23 kpc. Ọnụ ọgụgụ zuru oke nke Maffei 1, MV = -20.8, bụ nke a pụrụ iji tụnyere nke Milky Way.  Ajụjụ: Olee nkeji nke dayameta ọnwa bụ 23?
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