IC342 the ‘hidden galaxy’

IC342 is a spiral galaxy of magnitude 9 in the northern and obscure constellation of Camelopardalis (‘the Camel’). The low surface brightness makes this a challenging target for clean images. The size is about 20×21 arc minutes, or comparable to almost half the Moon.

IC342 Drogenberg Observatory, Sharpstar 76mm F4.5 APO, 344x120s with ASI2600MC

On the image a nice open star cluster (top left) Berkeley 10 (credit O. VanAelst) and some small galaxies are visible like eg. UGC 2789 magnitude 17

The image was obtained on 4 different nights in September and October 2024. Some nights high Cirrus-clouds were present, which can be seen around the brighter stars as a veil.

Equipment: Sharpstar 76 EDPH F 4.5 camera ASI2600MC and mount GM1000, no guiding.

More details and a full-resolution PNG on Astrobin

This is a post-processing of my image by Marc Verhoeven:

Re processing by Marc Verhoeven

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