2026 November 04 - The Not-So-Hidden Galaxy, IC 342

IC 342 is called the Hidden Galaxy because Milky Way dust and foreground stars complicate our view. This detailed portrait reveals its spiral arms and star-forming regions while showing why foreground material matters when interpreting distant galaxies.

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