Jellyfish Nebula
Jan 13, 2021
Jellyfish Nebula
| Other names | LBN 844, IC 443, Sh 2-248 |
| Type | Supernova Remnant |
| Distance | 5000 ly |
| Size | 50 arcmin |
| Location | Gemini |
| Captured | Jan 13, 2021 |
| Capture type | Narrowband (SHO) |
| Total time | 5 hours |
| Frames | SHO 20x300' each |
| Telescope | Orion 6" Newt F/3.8 Astrograph |
| Camera | ZWO ASI294mm |
| Tripod | Orion Atlas EQ-G |
Jellyfish Nebula
This is the jellyfish nebula (IC 443)! It a supernova remnant that’s about thirty thousand years old.
One of the really neat things about this nebula is that it contains a neuron star, can’t really see it in this image but it’s there.
This nebula is super faint so I couldn’t use a color camera on it, this image is a false color combination of the emissions of three ions: oxygen-iii, sulfur-ii and hydrogen-alpha.