IC 342, the "Hidden Galaxy"

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Photographer:

[email protected]

Location of Photo:

My backyard observatory in Sainte-Sophie, Quebec

Date/Time of photo:

November 14 and 21, 2020

Equipment:

Celestron Edge HD14 with 0.7x focal reducer on Paramount MX+ mount. ZWO ASI 6200MM camera and Chroma LRGB filters. In addition to my LRGB filters, H-Alpha data was added and was contributed by a friend (Martin Dufour)

Description:

IC 342, the "Hidden Galaxy". This galaxy is very close at 11 million light-years but obscured because its light path travels through our galactic plane.