Observation by Alan Thomas: IC342 The Hidden Galaxy in Camelopardali...

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Alan Thomas

Observer

Alan Thomas

Observed

2021 Nov 13 - 22:00

Uploaded

2021 Nov 17 - 11:24

Objects

IC342

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Constellation

Camelopardalis

Field centre

RA: 03^h46^m
Dec: +68°06'
Position angle: -103°59'

Field size

0°32' × 0°32'

Equipment

Unistellar eQuinox 112mm reflector

Exposure

24min

Location

Norbreck Observatory, Warrington, Cheshire, UK

Target name

IC342 The Hidden Galaxy in Camelopardalis

Title

IC342 The Hidden Galaxy in Camelopardalis

About this image

Disovered by Denning in 1892, the obscuring dust makes it a 'hidden' object, despite its considerable size. Distance c.7-11milllion ly.

Bortle 7/8, cloud, waxing gibbous Moon.

Files associated with this observation

eVscope-20211113-220014 (2).jpg (1.9 MB)

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Ron Arbour, Jeremy Shears, Simon Paul Davis, stan armstrong

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