IC 342 is a massive, nearly face-on spiral galaxy located only ~3 Mpc away, but heavily obscured by Galactic dust and foreground stars.
Using RGB data with a restrained Ha blend, this image highlights its spiral structure, dust lanes, and star-forming regions while keeping natural galaxy colors.
🔭 CDK17 + ASI6200MM
🎨 Astrodon RGB + Ha
⏱ 16 hours total integration
R 182×120s · G 128×120s · B 84×120s · Ha 60×180s
One of the largest galaxies on the sky — and one of the hardest to image cleanly.
by kbarth001