The Distance and Motion of the Maffei Group
  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.
