Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Camelopardalis (Cam)  ·  Contains:  IC 342
The Hidden Galaxy, Wei Li
The Hidden Galaxy
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The Hidden Galaxy

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The Hidden Galaxy

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IC342 is an intermediate spiral galaxy in constellation Camelopardalis. It locates very close to milky way. It got nickname "Hidden Galaxy" because it is  hard to see in surrounding gas and dusty clouds, even though it is rather bright(9.1 Magnitude) and big(diameter:750,000 light years). There are 10.7 million light years between this galaxy and our planet.


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ha: 18x1800s
L: 80x600s
R/G/B(bin2): 20x300s each

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