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SH2-248/IC443 and SH2-249/IC444 The Jellyfish nebula, Roy Hagen
SH2-248/IC443 and SH2-249/IC444 The Jellyfish nebula, Roy Hagen

SH2-248/IC443 and SH2-249/IC444 The Jellyfish nebula

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SH2-248/IC443 and SH2-249/IC444 The Jellyfish nebula, Roy Hagen
SH2-248/IC443 and SH2-249/IC444 The Jellyfish nebula, Roy Hagen

SH2-248/IC443 and SH2-249/IC444 The Jellyfish nebula

Revision title: Minor color adjust

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Description

Some clear nights, good enough to pull out the big telescope I took the opportunity to revisit the jellyfish.
The nebula is a supernova remnant in the constellation Gemini, The Twins, in a distance of  5000 lightyears from Earth
The brightest star in the image is η is (Eta) Geminorum, AKA Propus which is a red giant of magnitude 3,25

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