CO-bandhead spectroscopy of IC 342: mass and age of the nuclear star cluster . Boeker T., van der Marel R.P., Vacca W. AJ, 118, 831-842, 1999 . ... We have used the NASA Infra-Red Telescope Facility (IRTF) to observe the nuclear stellar cluster in the nearby, face-on, giant Scd spiral IC 342. ... This is ~ 6 times less massive than the black hole inferred to exist in our Galaxy, consistent with the accumulating evidence that galaxies with less massive bulges harbor less massive black holes. ...