The photo for the week of January 9, 2008 is Hidden Galaxy IC 342 from Kitt Peak. This so called island, known as IC 342 would be the most noticeable galaxy in the nighttime sky if it wasn't for the Milky Way galaxy with its enormous amount of celestial objects that hinder it from being seen from Earth. IC 342 is 7 million light years in distance It lies in the autumn constellation of Cameloparadalis, known as the Giraffe. However, the magnitude of dust clouds and stars that the Milky Way contains does not keep this brilliant galaxy from being captured by the Earth based telescopes. Its been recorded to have had several recent star formations and since the distance is so close to the Milky Way galaxy, its gravitational forces is believed to have played some part in the evolution of numerous galaxies in the Milky Way.
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