IC 342 is a large, but faint, spiral galaxy in the constellation of Camelopardalis that is heavily obscured by dust in our own Milky Way Galaxy.

Distance estimates of IC 342 range from 6 million to 19.6 million light-years from Earth. It is part of the IC 342 / Maffei galaxy group, which is close to our Local Group of galaxies which includes the Milky Way.

IC 342 is located 3.25 degrees south of Gamma Camelopardalis.

IC 342 was discovered in 1895 by William Frederick Denning.

South is to the top in the above image.

IC 342 Catalogs: IC 342, UGC 2847, PGC 13826 Object Type: SAB Spiral Galaxy Magnitude: 8.4v Size: 21.4' x 20.9' Constellation: Camelopardalis Image Field Centered At: RA: 03h 46m 48s Dec: +68° 05' 47"