Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Camelopardalis (Cam)  ·  Contains:  IC 342
Getting plate-solving status, please wait...
IC342 in Camelopardalis, Maxim Usatov
IC342 in Camelopardalis
Powered byPixInsight

IC342 in Camelopardalis

Getting plate-solving status, please wait...
IC342 in Camelopardalis, Maxim Usatov
IC342 in Camelopardalis
Powered byPixInsight

IC342 in Camelopardalis

Equipment

Loading...

Acquisition details

Loading...

Description

At a distance of just 11.2 Mly, IC 342 represents one of the closest massive spirals beyond the Local Group, exhibiting the abundance of star-forming activity at low inclination – almost face on (i ~ 30°).This H-α LRGB image was obtained with the A1 telescope installed at the Alnitak Remote Observatory in Nerpio, Spain.

Comments

Sky plot

Sky plot

Histogram

IC342 in Camelopardalis, Maxim Usatov