  We present observations made with the Westerbork Synthesis Radio Telescope of
HI emission from Dwingeloo 1, a nearby barred spiral discovered during the
Dwingeloo Obscured Galaxies Survey for galaxies hidden in the Zone of
Avoidance, and of Dwingeloo 2, a small galaxy discovered in the beam of these
WSRT observations. The WSRT data reveal the position of the dynamical center of
Dw1, its systemic LSR velocity, its total (projected) width in velocity, its
inclination on the sky, and its integrated HI flux, as well as details of the
velocity field and gas distribution. Dw1 is the nearest grand-design barred
spiral system, and is probably amongst the ten largest galaxies closer than
about 5 Mpc. We report here also the discovery of Dwingeloo 2, a small galaxy
located within the WSRT primary beam as pointed to Dw1. In view of its angular
and kinematic proximity to Dw1, Dw2 may well be a companion to the larger
system. The two galaxies are probably both members of the group containing
Maffei 1 & 2 and IC342 and may influence the peculiar motions within that group
and the morphology of its individual members.
