IC 342 (Caldwell 5) - a galaxy in Camelopardalis

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IC 342 (Caldwell 5) - a galaxy in Camelopardalis

IC 342 was discovered in 1895 by Denning. Edwin Hubble suspected it as
a member of the Local Group but more recent observations have shown
that it is at a distance of 14 million light-years. IC 342 lies at low
galactic latitude, only 10.5 degrees from the Galactic Equator and so
its light is dimmed by the intervening gas and dust of our own Milky
Way. Recent estimates give an extinction of about 2.4 magnitudes and
without this the galaxy would be among the brightest in the sky.

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