Galaxy
The Hidden Galaxy
Also IC 342 · Caldwell 5
A large face-on spiral galaxy almost hidden behind the dust and stars of the Milky Way's disc.
Measured
- Distance
- 11.1 million light-years
- Size
- about 70,000 light-years across (approximate)
- Constellation
- Camelopardalis
- Position (J2000)
- RA 3h 46m 48s, Dec +68.10°
How far, from the Sun
11.1 million light-years. To cross it:
- Light11.1 million years
- Voyager 1's speed197 billion years
- Driving at 100 km/h119 trillion years
Voyager 1 at the speed it moved outward over the year to 2026-10-25 (JPL Horizons). Driving: nonstop, never refuelling.
Facts
- It would be one of the brightest galaxies in the sky if our galaxy's dust were not in the way.
- It is moving away from us at about 30 km/s (NASA/IPAC NED).
Where this comes from
- Cosmicflows-3, Tully, Courtois & Sorce 2016, AJ 152, 50 (3.39 Mpc)
- This research has made use of the SIMBAD database, CDS, Strasbourg, France (Wenger et al. 2000, A&AS 143, 9).
- This research has made use of the VizieR catalogue access tool, CDS, Strasbourg, France (DOI: 10.26093/cds/vizier).
Every catalogue Ouranos draws is credited on the credits page.