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Object Type: Spiral galaxy (Sc)
Constellation: Camelopardalis
Magnitude: 9.1
Size: 21'

IC 342 is also known as Caldwell 5. It is located about 10 million light-years from our solar system. Our line of sight to the galaxy passes near the galactic equator of our own galaxy, where dust attenuates the light coming from IC 342.

Equipment: Meade 14" LX200R/STL-11000M/Astrodon LRGB filters/Paramount ME
F-ratio: f/9.5
Exposures: LRGB: L 12 x 10 minutes, binned 2x2: R 12 x 10 minutes: G 12 x 10 minutes: B 8 x 5 minutes: RGB binned 3x3
Date: December 24, 2012 and January 13, 2012
Location: Landers, California, USA
Technical Notes: Individual exposures were obtained using CCDAutoPilot2 and then sigma combined. The RGB image was created in Registar 1.0. A high-pass filter of 4 pixels was selectivelay applied to the luminance image. Reduce Noise was applied to the RGB image. A duplicate of the RGB image was combined twice with the original using Soft Light to increase color saturation.