Hiding Out Behind the Milky Way
A leggy cosmic creature comes out of hiding in this new infrared view from NASA Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer. The spiral beauty, called IC 342 and sometimes the hidden galaxy, is shrouded behind our own galaxy, the Milky Way.
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NASA ID
PIA13021
Date Created
April 7, 2010
Center
JPL
Media Type
image
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