IC342, a large and beautiful example of a grand design, face-on spiral galaxy was not discovered until 1895 by W. F. Denning. It lies near the Milky Way and the intervening gas and dust toward the center of our galaxy extincts the light by several magnitudes giving it a distinctive golder cast, with blue being the most extincted. IC342, at a distance of 10-11 million light-years, is located in the Constellation Camelopardalis, and belongs to the next nearest group beyond our own Local Group of Galaxies, the Maffei I group. Were it not for its severely extincted light, IC342 would be the brightest and grandest nearby galaxy of all. It has many HII hydrogen, star-forming regions in dimmed redish color throughout its spiral arms.
Constellation: Camelopardalis
Distance: 10-11 Million Light-Years
Date: October 2008
Place: Fort Davis, TX
Exposure Details: LRGB: 600:150:150:150 all unbinned
Processing: MaxIm DL, RegiStar, CCDStack, and Photoshop CS3
Optics: 12.5\"RCOS Truss RC
Focal Length: 2908 @ f9
Mount: Paramount ME
Camera: STL6303E
Focuser: RCOS
Guiding: Off-axis using ST237 and SBIG guide camera
Filters: Tru-Balance LRGB 2\"
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