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Obscured Galaxy IC342 image

Obscured Galaxy IC342

Contains: Deep sky object
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Description

IC342 is one of the larger galaxies visible in the night sky. It lies in the constellation Camelopardalis (giraffe) at a distance of 11 million light-years. IC342 lies near our galactic equator where it is obscured by the gas, dust and stars of the Milky Way. ~32 hours exposure time processed as a LRGB image. http://owlmountainobservatory.com https://www.facebook.com/OwlMountainObservatory