IC 342 (UGC 2847, Caldwell 5 and others) is an intermediate (between barred and unbarred) spiral galaxy located approximately 10.7 million light-years away in Camelopardalis. Located near the galactic equator, it is heavily obscured by the dust of the Milky Way.
Luminance – 24x600s – 240 minutes – binned 1x1
RGB – 8x300s – 40 minutes each – binned 2x2
360 minutes total exposure – 6 hours
Imaged over four nights in September and October, 2016 from Dark Sky New Mexico at Rancho Hidalgo (Animas, New Mexico) with a SBIG STF-8300M on an Astro-Tech AT12RCT at f/8 2432mm.
LRGB - https://www.flickr.com/photos/dcrowson/30765419026/sizes/l
See my “IC 342 – From Home with a Refractor” image here - https://www.flickr.com/photos/dcrowson/30169649664/sizes/l.