Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Camelopardalis (Cam)  ·  Contains:  IC 342
The Hidden Galaxy (IC 342), Greg T.
The Hidden Galaxy (IC 342)
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The Hidden Galaxy (IC 342)

The Hidden Galaxy (IC 342), Greg T.
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The Hidden Galaxy (IC 342)

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The Hidden Galaxy. This object stays in view from my driveway during the night for quite a while but,...I hesitated to image it because it is so obscured by all of the matter of the Milky Way, as it sits very low in galactic latitude.

With a bright moon, my intended target was a wash so, I decided to go after it on Dec 12th, and 13th. Two nights of somewhat clear skies back to back is almost unheard of anymore here in my local. I did loose about 1/2 hour of frames due to wind effects.

300  60" lights for a total of 5 hours of data. It was easier to process than I thought but, the extra 2 hours the 2nd night really helped in that regard.

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The Hidden Galaxy (IC 342), Greg T.