IC 342 (Gabe Shaughnessy)

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

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IC 342 is a spiral galaxy in the northern constellation Camelopardalis, and lies close to our Milky Way Galaxy at some 7 to 11 million light years away. Its relatively close distance gives IC 342 a large apparent size with only the Andromeda and Triangulum Galaxies appearing larger. It is nicknamed "The Hidden Galaxy" since it is relatively dim for being so close. Its faintness is due to its low galactic latitude, situating it near the plane of our galaxy. This makes the galactic dust of the Milky Way scatter a significant fraction of the light coming from IC 342. This also gives the disk of the galaxy an apparent orange hue, similar to sunsets here on Earth. If it weren't for the intervening dust, this galaxy would be visible by the naked eye. In addition to the orange hue of the disk, red knots of emission nebulae are prevalent throughout the spiral arms.

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RA (center)	03h46m48s.710
RA (top/left)	03h49m58s.251
RA (top/right)	03h43m24s.240
RA (bottom/right)	03h43m42s.699
RA (bottom/left)	03h50m09s.195

Dec (center)	+68°05′45″.13
Dec (top/left)	+68°20′56″.54
Dec (top/right)	+68°19′14″.39
Dec (bottom/right)	+67°50′21″.20
Dec (bottom/left)	+67°52′01″.90

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