Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Gemini (Gem)  ·  Contains:  13 Gem)  ·  7 Gem)  ·  Calx (μ Gem  ·  Gem A  ·  IC 443  ·  IC 444  ·  M 35  ·  NGC 2168  ·  Part of the constellation Gemini (Gem)  ·  Praepes (η Gem  ·  Tejat Posterior  ·  Tejat Prior  ·  The star 12 Gem  ·  The star 3 Gem  ·  The star 5 Gem  ·  The star 6 Gem  ·  The star 8 Gem  ·  The star 9 Gem  ·  The star Propus  ·  The star Tejat
Jellyfish Nebula, jprejean
Jellyfish Nebula
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Jellyfish Nebula

Acquisition type: Electronically-Assisted Astronomy (EAA, e.g. based on a live video feed)
Jellyfish Nebula, jprejean
Jellyfish Nebula
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Jellyfish Nebula

Acquisition type: Electronically-Assisted Astronomy (EAA, e.g. based on a live video feed)

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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. 

Processed from FITs subframes from Telescope Live using PixInsight.

Captured at IC Astronomy Observatory, Spain.

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