IC 342 in Camelopardalis

IC 342, The Hidden Galaxy, a neighbor 11 Mly away in Camelopardalis,

shows severe extinction and reddening effects due to intervening

gas and dust so close to the celestial equator.

Date:  27 August 2022

FOV:  Cropped to 68' × 45'; the angular size of IC 342 is about 21'

Telescope:  Stellarvue SVX102T + SFFX-1 flattener (714mm, f/7)

Guiding:  ZWO ASI120MM mini mono guide camera,

Stellarvue F050G 50mm guide scope

Computer:  ASIair pro Raspberry Pi

Mount:  iOptron CEM40

Camera:  ZWO ASI071MC Pro Cooled (-10°C) Color CMOS with gain 240

Filter:  Baader Light Pollution Moonglow filter with IR cut

Stacking:  Seventy-five 240 second frames using Deep Sky Stacker

Total Time:  5 hours

Processing:  Pixinsight – Part I:  DBE, SPCC, EzDeNoise, HistoTrans, HDR,

StarXTerminator for Galaxy, Part II:  from EzDeNoise – Curves,

PixelMath combine I and II, BlurXTerminator, Sat, Crop/Scale

Location:  Darling Hill Observatory near Vesper, NY