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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
RedshiftParsecs
/Distance
Lightyears
/Lookback Years
  
.00083.30Mpc10.7MlyIC 342
Coordinates:IC 342
J034648.5+680546

Referenced by pages:
Council of Giants
Index Catalog (IC)
rare designator prefixes
spiral galaxy

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