IC 342 is a prominent beautiful galaxy that is hidden in our night sky by the Milky Way Galaxy. If the gas and clouds from the Milky Way did not cover IC 342 it would most certainly be very popular. Ic 342 is 7 million light years away and is located in the constellation of Camelopardalis. Its appearance in the sky makes his galaxy a prime target for studies of star formation and astrochemistry. IC 342 belongs to Maffei I group of galaxies. The galaxy was discovered by W.F. Denning in 1895. Without the Milky Way Galaxy covering it this galaxy would have been discovered much earlier because of its extreme brightness, about 2.4 magnitude.
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