Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Gemini (Gem)  ·  Contains:  Gem A  ·  IC 443  ·  The star Propus (ηGem)
IC 443  the Jellyfish, Bret Waddington
IC 443  the Jellyfish
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IC 443 the Jellyfish

IC 443  the Jellyfish, Bret Waddington
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IC 443 the Jellyfish

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Due to weather, work and family this is my first imaging attempt since Dec-4-2020.

(Wiki) IC 443 (also known as the Jellyfish Nebula and Sharpless 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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IC 443  the Jellyfish, Bret Waddington

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