Galaxy IC342

IC342 - Galaxy in Camelopardalis

Description: IC342 - a faint face-on spiral galaxy in Camelopardalis. This would be a fabulous galaxy if only the Milky Way wasn't dimming it so much! Magnitude 9.0 but fairly large at 21.6 x 21.1 arc minutes in size spreading the light out. Film: hypered Kodak tech pan Scope: 8" f6 Newtonian Filter: None Exposure: 70 minutes, manually guided Location: Wilson Coulee Observatory, Alberta Date: 1 December, 1994

IC342 - Galaxy in Camelopardalis

Description: IC342 - a faint face-on spiral galaxy in Camelopardalis. This would be a fabulous galaxy if only the Milky Way wasn't dimming it so much! Magnitude 9.0 but fairly large at 21.6 x 21.1 arc minutes in size spreading the light out.
Film: hypered Kodak tech pan
Scope: 8" f6 Newtonian
Filter: None
Exposure: 70 minutes, manually guided
Location: Wilson Coulee Observatory, Alberta
Date: 1 December, 1994