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\caption{Galaxy parameters.}\label{tab1}
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			    & IC~342				  & Maffei~2 \\
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Type$^{a}$     	    & SABcd				  & SABbc \\
Optical Centre:		    & 					  & \\
RA (B1950)$^{b}$ 	    & 03$^{\rm h}$41$^{\rm m}$58.6$^{\rm s}$  	  & 02$^{\rm h}$38$^{\rm m}$08.0$^{\rm s}$ \\
Dec (B1950)$^{b}$          & +67$^{\circ}$56$'$26$''$ 	          & +59$^{\circ}$23$'$24$''$ \\
RA (J2000) 	            & 03$^{\rm h}$46$^{\rm m}$49.7$^{\rm s}$  	  & 02$^{\rm h}$41$^{\rm m}$54.6$^{\rm s}$ \\
Dec (J2000)                & +68$^{\circ}$05$'$45$''$ 	          & +59$^{\circ}$36$'$11$''$ \\
Radio Centre:		    & \\
RA (B1950)$^{c}$ 	    & 03$^{\rm h}$41$^{\rm m}$57.3$^{\rm s}$	  & 02$^{\rm h}$38$^{\rm m}$08.4$^{\rm s}$ \\
Dec (B1950)$^{c}$           & +67$^{\circ}$56$'$27$''$	  	  & +59$^{\circ}$23$'$30$''$ \\
$V_{\rm LSR}^{c,d}$    	    & +35 $\kms$ 			  & --31 $\kms$ \\
Inclination $i^{d}$ 	    & 25$^{\circ}$ 			  & 67$^{\circ}$ \\
Position angle $P^{d}$      & 39$^{\circ}$ 			  & 26$^{\circ}$ \\
Distance $D^{e}$            & 1.8 Mpc 				  & 2.7 Mpc\\
Luminosity $L_{\rm B}^{f}$  & 2 $\times 10^{10}$ $L_{\rm B\odot}$ & 1 $\times 10^{10}$ $L_{\rm B\odot}$ \\
Scale           	    & 115 $''$/kpc 			  & 77 $''$/kpc \\
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Notes to Table~\ref{tab1}:\\
$^{a}$ RSA (Sandage \& Tammann \cite{Sandage87}); \\
$^{b}$ Dressel \& Condon (\cite{Dressel76}); \\
$^{c}$ Hummel \& Gr\"ave (\cite{Hummel90}); Turner \& Ho (\cite{Turner94}); \\
$^{d}$ Rots (\cite{Rots79}); Newton (\cite{Newton80}); Hurt et~al. (\cite{Hurt96}); \\
$^{e}$ McCall (\cite{McCall89}) for IC~342; for Maffei~2 see text; \\
$^{f}$ Buta \& McCall (\cite{Buta99}), assuming Galactic foreground for IC~342 $A_{\rm B}= 3.32$  mag (Madore \&
Freedman \cite{Madore92}); for Maffei~2 an uncertain foreground $A_{\rm B} = 8$ mag is assumed. 
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