Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Camelopardalis (Cam)  ·  Contains:  IC 342
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IC 342, Doug Summers
IC 342
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IC 342

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IC 342

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Description

Only ~10 million light years distant, IC 342 is a large but dim object hidden behind the disk of the Milky Way.    It's a 20 arcminute diameter object, so it can display quite a bit of detail when conditions allow.    At its distance, the true size is ~75K light years diameter. 

A few small background galaxies are seen in the field of view.   I've reduced the overall reddening of this object just a bit for a slightly more classic look of what the galaxy might look like outside the Milky Way's galactic band

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C

Description: Added integration time (now over 5 hours @ f/2.2).

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D

Description: reprocessed with BXT linear decon

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IC 342, Doug Summers