IC 342 "The Hidden Galaxy" #1 (Molly Wakeling)

Celestial hemisphere: Northern · Constellation: Camelopardalis (Cam) · Contains: IC 342 · PGC 13693 · PGC 165371 · PGC 166074 · PGC 166076 · PGC 166077 · PGC 166078 · PGC 166480 · PGC 166861 · PGC 2706070 · PGC 2719866

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IC 342 "The Hidden Galaxy" #1

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IC 342 "The Hidden Galaxy" #1

A lot of the galaxies that we look at or image through telescopes are well above or below the plane of the Milky Way -- not because there are more there, but because the Milky Way blocks our view. This galaxy is just above the plane of the Milky Way looking outward, away from the core, in the northern sky. It's in the constellation Camelopardalis, which is part of the wheel of circumpolar constellations (for Northern skywatchers) with Ursa Major and Cassiopeia. It's actually quite large and bright, and would be a popular target if it wasn't dimmed by all of the galactic dust and gas! It's somewhere between 7-11 million lightyears away; it's exact distance is difficult to determine because of the dust. The dust is also why it has a much more yellow appearance than other similar spiral galaxies.

I had originally taken nearly 26 hours of images on this galaxy, but I'm making more aggressive cuts on star size and shape as well as background level (due to clouds and the Moon).

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RA (center)	03h46m54s.52
RA (top/left)	03h54m28s.60
RA (top/right)	03h38m56s.87
RA (bottom/right)	03h39m47s.30
RA (bottom/left)	03h54m24s.97

Dec (center)	+68°07′22″.8
Dec (top/left)	+68°48′40″.5
Dec (top/right)	+68°46′18″.3
Dec (bottom/right)	+67°24′52″.4
Dec (bottom/left)	+67°27′05″.5

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