Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Camelopardalis (Cam)  ·  Contains:  IC 342
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IC 342 (Caldwell 5), Rick Evans
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IC 342 (Caldwell 5)

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11-4-22.  IC 342 galaxy in Camelopardalus.  7 hrs 3 mins in 3 min subs.  Esprit 120 f7 scope with L1 filter and 6200MC camera.  A difficult object with low surface brightness.  Bright gibbous moon about 87% illuminated in the southeast and rising during the imaging run.  Unfortunately I don't yet have EAF and focus drifted off while I was asleep and went uncorrected.  But I like a challenge and I'll be back when there is no moon to image this difficult target again and I hope to watch the focus better or have EAF by then.

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IC 342 (Caldwell 5), Rick Evans