Hiding Out Behind the Milky Way

NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA2010-04-07

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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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Title: Hiding Out Behind the Milky Way
Creator: NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA
Date Created: 2010-04-07
Rights: JPL

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