The spiral galaxy IC 342, located about 11 million light-years from Earth, lies behind the crowded plane of the Milky Way: Dust, gas, and stars obscure it from our view. Euclid used its near-infrared instrument to peer through the dust and study it.
![{"shape": [8200, 8200, 3]}](https://b47994.smushcdn.com/47994/files/2023/11/euclid-s-view-of-spiral-galaxy-ic-342-scaled.jpg?lossy=1&strip=1&webp=1 "Euclid Spots a Spiral Galaxy")
The spiral galaxy IC 342, located about 11 million light-years from Earth, lies behind the crowded plane of the Milky Way: Dust, gas, and stars obscure it from our view. Euclid used its near-infrared instrument to peer through the dust and study it.
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