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The galaxy has a bright yellow-ish center. A handful of large arms spiral outward from the center. Bubbles of red glowing gas and tendrils of dark dust trace the spiral arms. Foreground stars and background galaxies are sprinkled across the image. (opens in a new tab)\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1395\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.science.nasa.gov\/dynamicimage\/assets\/science\/cds\/apod\/apod\/2026\/november\/ic342.png?w=2048&amp;h=1395&amp;%23038;fit=clip&amp;%23038;crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint\" class=\"attachment-2048x1395 size-2048x1395\" alt=\"The face of a spiral galaxy fills the image. The galaxy has a bright yellow-ish center. A handful of large arms spiral outward from the center. Bubbles of red glowing gas and tendrils of dark dust trace the spiral arms. Foreground stars and background galaxies are sprinkled across the image.\" style=\"transform: scale(1);transform-origin: 50% 50%;object-position: 50% 50%;object-fit: cover\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h1 class=\"display-48 margin-top-0 margin-bottom-3\">The Not-So-Hidden Galaxy, IC 342<\/h1>\n<div class=\"grid-row media-detail-hero__content-row\">\n<div class=\"grid-col-12 desktop:grid-col-6\">\n<p class=\"p-md margin-0 media-detail-hero__description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<strong>Explanation:<\/strong> \u201cI see\u201d IC 342, the Hidden Galaxy! <a href=\"https:\/\/app.astrobin.com\/u\/ArtemM?i=imsupt\" rel=\"noopener\">Today\u2019s image<\/a> peers through the <a href=\"https:\/\/science.nasa.gov\/image-article\/apod-2019-september-27-the-annotated-galactic-center\/\" rel=\"noopener\">plane of the Milky Way<\/a>, through all its gas, dust and stars, to unveil this <a href=\"https:\/\/science.nasa.gov\/universe\/galaxies\/types\/\" rel=\"noopener\">spiral galaxy<\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/science.nasa.gov\/image-article\/apod-2026-january-8-ic-342-hidden-galaxy-in-camelopardalis\/\" rel=\"noopener\">IC 342<\/a> (or <a href=\"https:\/\/science.nasa.gov\/mission\/hubble\/science\/explore-the-night-sky\/hubble-caldwell-catalog\/caldwell-5\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Caldwell 5<\/a>) is one of the brightest members of the IC 342\/<a href=\"https:\/\/science.nasa.gov\/image-article\/apod-2010-march-9-galaxies-beyond-the-heart-maffei-1-and-2\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Maffei<\/a> group of galaxies. Located about 10 million <a href=\"https:\/\/science.nasa.gov\/exoplanets\/what-is-a-light-year\/\" rel=\"noopener\">light years<\/a> away, this group is quite close to the <a href=\"https:\/\/imagine.gsfc.nasa.gov\/features\/cosmic\/local_group_info.html\" rel=\"noopener\">Local Group<\/a> that includes our Milky Way. Inaccurate accounting of the crowded and dusty Milky Way foreground has led to misunderstandings in IC 342\u2019s history, including the theory that the galaxy was <a href=\"https:\/\/articles.adsabs.harvard.edu\/pdf\/1993AJ....105..886V\" rel=\"noopener\">ejected from the Local Group<\/a>. IC 342 has its own dust intermittently blocking the <a href=\"https:\/\/science.nasa.gov\/image-article\/apod-2025-january-30-hydrogen-clouds-of-m33\/\" rel=\"noopener\">glow of hydrogen gas<\/a>, indicating the presence of bright, young stars. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mpg.de\/9283089\/magnetic-field-galaxy-IC342\" rel=\"noopener\">Magnetic field maps<\/a> of IC 342 reveal that magnetic fields may contribute substantially to one of the biggest galactic puzzles: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.universetoday.com\/articles\/astronomers-are-still-trying-to-understand-how-a-galaxys-spiral-arms-form\" rel=\"noopener\">how do spiral arms form<\/a>?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tomorrow\u2019s picture:<\/strong> open space\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"display-none desktop:display-block desktop:grid-col-1\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"grid-col-12 desktop:grid-col-5 margin-top-3 desktop:margin-top-0\">\n<table class=\"media-detail-hero__meta-table width-full\">\n<tbody>\n<tr class=\"media-detail-hero__meta-row\">\n<th scope=\"row\" class=\"label padding-y-1\">Date:<\/th>\n<td class=\"p-sm padding-y-1\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tNovember 4, 2026\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"media-detail-hero__meta-row\">\n<th scope=\"row\" class=\"label padding-y-1\">Credit &#038; Copyright:<\/th>\n<td class=\"p-sm padding-y-1\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/artofomin\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Artem Mironov<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"media-detail-hero__meta-row\">\n<th scope=\"row\" class=\"label padding-y-1\">Authors &#038; editors:<\/th>\n<td class=\"p-sm padding-y-1\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tKeighley Rockcliffe, Robert Nemiroff, Jerry Bonnell, Cecilia Chirenti\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"media-detail-hero__meta-row\">\n<th scope=\"row\" class=\"label padding-y-1\">A service of:<\/th>\n<td class=\"p-sm padding-y-1\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/science.gsfc.nasa.gov\/astrophysics\/\" rel=\"noopener\">ASD<\/a> at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/\" rel=\"noopener\">NASA<\/a> \/ <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/centers\/goddard\/\" rel=\"noopener\">GSFC<\/a>,<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/science.nasa.gov\/learn\/about-science-activation\/\" rel=\"noopener\">NASA Science Activation<\/a> &#038; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mtu.edu\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Michigan Tech. 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