IC 342 (Gary Imm)

Celestial hemisphere: Northern · Constellation: Camelopardalis (Cam) · Contains: IC 342 · NGC 1469 · PGC 13121 · PGC 13188 · PGC 13189 · PGC 13301 · PGC 13693 · PGC 14241 · PGC 165371 · PGC 166074 · PGC 166076 · PGC 166077 · PGC 166078 · PGC 166471 · PGC 166476 · PGC 166478 · PGC 166480 · PGC 166861 · PGC 2695052 · PGC 2696853 · PGC 2698244 · PGC 2700535 · PGC 2702588 · PGC 2706070 · PGC 2706989 · PGC 2712184 · PGC 2719866 · PGC 2722040 · PGC 2725880 · PGC 2726819 · And 3 more.

IC 342

This object, the fifth entry in the Caldwell Catalog, is a spiral galaxy located 11 million light years away in the constellation of Camelopardalis at a declination of +68 degrees. This magnitude 8 galaxy (with a surface brightness of 15) spans 19 arc-minutes in our apparent view, which corresponds to a diameter of 65,000 light years. It is 20 degrees from face-on to our view and has a slightly barred structure.

The location of this object close to our galactic equator obscures it with Milky Way dust and stars. Its low surface brightness leads to its two nicknames of The Hidden Galaxy and The Star Veiled Galaxy. But my RASA scope, together with our new processing tools, allowed me to obtain a brighter and more detailed image of IC 342 than I had been able to achieve previously in 2021:

IC 342 - 2021

The closeness of this galaxy allows us to see details such as meandering dust lanes and star clusters. The arm structure is fascinating, with each arm appearing to extend for more than 360 degrees of rotation. The arms show some Vorontsov-Velyaminov structure.

I love the obscure unusual galaxy in the lower left corner of the image, PGC 14241.

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Astrometry.net job	9190945
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RA (center)	03h46m47s.50
RA (top/left)	04h04m31s.54
RA (top/right)	03h29m24s.54
RA (bottom/right)	03h30m31s.75
RA (bottom/left)	04h02m37s.98

Dec (center)	+68°05′40″.4
Dec (top/left)	+69°02′44″.10
Dec (top/right)	+69°06′14″.4
Dec (bottom/right)	+67°02′08″.6
Dec (bottom/left)	+66°58′53″.9

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