Object:	IC 342: Intermediate Spiral Galaxy in Camelopardalis RA= 3 hr 46 min; Dec = +68 deg 05 min
Date & Site:	Imaged on 9/16/17; Palomar Mountain, CA Conditions: temps in the mid 50's; calm; good seeing; poor transparency early in the night
Equipment:	Telescope: TEC140 refractor; 980mm fl @ f/7 Guider: SBIG internal camera guidechip Mount: AP 1100 CP3 Camera: ST-10XME; CFW10; Astrodon Gen 2 LRGB filters
Notes:	Exposures: 160 minutes of lum; 30 min each RGB (10 minute subexposures) for total of 4 hours 10 minutes IC 342 is positioned only 10 degrees from the galactic equator where dust obscuration makes it a difficult object to photograph and to estimate distance. 10 million ly distant (image reduced to 60% of original size) FOV = 52 x 35 arc minutes Back to Images