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

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IC 342, The Hidden Galaxy

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IC 342 also designated as Caldwell 5 is commonly known as the Hidden Galaxy due to being significantly obscured by the stars, gas and dust near the equator of our own Milky Way galaxy. This makes it a difficult object to capture in detail. It's located about 11 million light years away in the constellation of Camelopardalis. The apparent angular size is about 21 arcminutes which comes out to about 67,000 light years across. If it were not obscured by the dust of the Milky Way, it would be one of the brightest galaxies in the sky and visible to the naked eye.

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