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IC 342

Galaxy · Spiral galaxy in the constellation Camelopardalis

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IC 342
Picture: ESA/Euclid/Euclid Consortium/NASA image processing by J.-C. Cuillandre (CEA Paris-Saclay) G. Anselmi, CC BY-SA 3.0 igo, via Wikimedia Commons.

About IC 342

IC 342 is about 11.09 million light-years from the Sun, so the light we see from it left about 11.09 million years ago.

The map lists it as a galaxy and shows it at the scale of the Milky Way and the Local Group, drawn on the plane of the Milky Way.

Key numbers

Distance11.09 million light-years (3.40 Mpc)
Distance methodLVDB (RR Lyrae, TRGB or other)
Supergalactic coordinatesSGL 10.6°, SGB +0.4°
Absolute magnitude (V)-21.0
Stellar mass4.27 × 10¹⁰ suns

Data: Local Volume Database v1.1.1 (Pace 2025).

Where it is

Its place in the universe, from the inside out: Virgo Supercluster › Laniakea Supercluster › Observable universe.

Zoom out to see it in context: Council of Giants, a view about 36 million light-years across.

From Wikipedia

IC 342 is an intermediate spiral galaxy in the constellation Camelopardalis, located relatively close to the Milky Way.

Excerpt from the Wikipedia article IC 342, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

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