Spiral Galaxy IC 342

Spiral Galaxy IC 342 is located roughly 11 million light-years from Earth in the constellation Camelopardalis, “the giraffe.” Its face-on appearance in the sky — as opposed to our tilted and edge-on views of many other nearby galaxies, such as the large spiral galaxy Andromeda (M31) — makes IC 342 a prime target for studies of star formation and astrochemistry. The image, obtained in late 2006, was taken using the 64-megapixel Mosaic-1 digital imager on the Mayall 4-meter telescope. This image is the subject of NOAO press release 07-03.

Credit:

NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/T.A. Rector (NSF NOIRLab/University of Alaska Anchorage) & H. Schweiker (WIYN/NSF NOIRLab) 

About the Image

Id:noao0703a
Type:Observation
Release date:Feb. 21, 2007
Related releases:noao0703
Related announcements:noaoann07007
Size:4000 x 3962 px

About the Object

Name:IC 342
Constellation:Camelopardalis
Category:Galaxies

Image Formats

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Coordinates

ObjectValue
Position (RA):3 47 20.60
Position (Dec):68° 11' 36.28"
Field of view:35.52 x 35.18 arcminutes
Orientation:North is 90.2° left of vertical


Colors & filters

BandWave-lengthTele-scope
Optical
B
438 nmNicholas U. Mayall 4-meter Telescope
Mosaic I
Optical
V
538 nmNicholas U. Mayall 4-meter Telescope
Mosaic I
Optical
I
820 nmNicholas U. Mayall 4-meter Telescope
Mosaic I
Optical
H-alpha
657 nmNicholas U. Mayall 4-meter Telescope
Mosaic I