IC 342
(Caldwell 5)
(spiral galaxy in the Council of Giants)
Galaxy IC 342 (Caldwell 5) is
one of the Council of Giants
(12 sizable galaxies near the Local Group).
It is a spiral galaxy that
is somewhat obscured by dust
in the Milky Way's galactic plane.
Current distance estimates vary,
in the range of 7 to 11 Mly.
It is considered part of group around two major galaxies
(perhaps similar to the Local Group) called the
IC 342/Maffei Group, the other major
member being Maffei 1 (PGC 9892).
IC 342 characteristics:
(galaxy,spiral)
Further reading:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IC_342
http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-basic?Ident=IC+342
http://spider.seds.org/spider/LG/i0342.html
https://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/caldwell-5
Redshift | Parsecs /Distance | Lightyears /Lookback Years | | |
.0008 | 3.30Mpc | 10.7Mly | | IC 342 |
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Coordinates: | IC 342 J034648.5+680546 |
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Referenced by pages:
Council of Giants
Index Catalog (IC)
rare designator prefixes
spiral galaxy
Index