Starship Asterisk*

I'd like to add my own two cents on optical viewing. For me, the experience of seeing something with my own two eyes, with no camera filters acting as a negotiator, is otherworldly. Objects gain an entirely new dimension, even though a lot of the detail that one would normally see is not there. Targ...

I believe M32 is actually slightly brighter. Also, as far as galaxies go, size is an enemy.
The larger they are, the more diffuse the light, and as such, the dimmer.

Basically the Maffei 1 group is another group of galaxies, very close to the local group, and could once have been a member of the local group but isn't anymore.
Dwingeloo 1 is most probably a member of that Maffei 1 group, and not the local group.

I noticed it said that Dwingeloo 1 is a member of the Local Group.
I thought it was a member of the Maffei 1 Group?