Type |
Location |
r.a. |
dec. |
Size |
Magnitude |
Distance |
Galaxy |
Cam |
3h46.8 |
+68° 06' |
18' |
9 |
7 to 11 Mly ??? |
IC 342 (also known as Caldwell 5) is an intermediate spiral galaxy in the
constellation Camelopardalis at a distance of 7 to 11 million light-years.
IC 342 belongs to the IC 342/Maffei Group of galaxies, one of the galaxy groups
that is closest to the Local Group.
It is very large but with very low
surface brightness, being obscured by Milky Way dust.

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Date |
Telescope |
Binning |
Exp Time (s) |
Special processing |
Notes |
Jan 8, 2003 |
Centurion
18" |
L 1:1
RGB 3:1 |
L 3x600
R,G,B 600 |
Max Entropy,
LRGB, DDP |
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