Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Gemini (Gem)  ·  Contains:  10 Gem  ·  11 Gem  ·  12 Gem  ·  13 mu. Gem  ·  7 eta Gem  ·  8 Gem  ·  9 Gem  ·  Gem A  ·  IC 443  ·  IC 444  ·  LBN 840  ·  LBN 841  ·  LBN 844  ·  LBN 845  ·  LDN 1564  ·  LDN 1565  ·  LDN 1566  ·  LDN 1567  ·  Part of the constellation Gemini (Gem)  ·  Sh2-248  ·  Sh2-249  ·  Tejat Posterior  ·  Tejat Prior  ·  The star Propus (ηGem)  ·  The star μGem
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Jellyfish Nebula IC443, Kaptas Attila
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Jellyfish Nebula IC443

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Jellyfish Nebula IC443

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IC 443 (also known as the Jellyfish Nebula and Sharpless 248 (Sh2-248)) is a galactic supernova remnant (SNR) in the constellation Gemini. On the plane of the sky, it is located near the star Eta Geminorum. Its distance is roughly 5,000 light years from Earth.
IC 443 may be the remains of a supernova that occurred 3,000 - 30,000 years ago. The same supernova event likely created the neutron star CXOU J061705.3+222127, the collapsed remnant of the stellar core. IC 443 is one of the best-studied cases of supernova remnants interacting with surrounding molecular clouds.

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