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IC 433 - Jellyfish Nebula
✨ IC 443 — The Jellyfish Nebula ✨
🔭 Scope & details:
Lights: 89x300" Ha - 196x300" OIII - 86x300" SII - 28x30" RGB
Telescope: ASA 250/900 F 3.6
Camera: Player One M
Filters: Antilia
Date: 29/12/2024
Dataset: by @Michele Mazzola
#Project_Nerpio
Drifting through the constellation Gemini, about 5,000 light-years from us, lies the delicate tapestry of IC 443, also known as the Jellyfish Nebula. This remnant of a supernova spreads across the sky in a shell nearly 50 arcminutes wide — that’s larger than the full Moon! — with a true span of about 70 light-years.
Its complex structure is sculpted by the shockwaves of a massive star that exploded thousands of years ago, interacting with surrounding molecular clouds and revealing filaments of heated gas glowing in hydrogen, oxygen, and other elements.
📍 Constellation: Gemini
Coordinates (J2000): RA 06h 16m 36s | Dec +22° 31′ 00″
🌌 Distance: ~5,000 light-years
🌟 Apparent Magnitude: ~12 (photographic / blue magnitude)
📐 Apparent Size: ~50′ × 40′
May this cosmic jellyfish remind us how powerful stellar death can shape new life across the darkness.
Follow for more glimpses into the Universe’s deepest ballet ✨
www.instagram.com/ale_motta_astrofotografia
IC 433 - Jellyfish Nebula
✨ IC 443 — The Jellyfish Nebula ✨
🔭 Scope & details:
Lights: 89x300" Ha - 196x300" OIII - 86x300" SII - 28x30" RGB
Telescope: ASA 250/900 F 3.6
Camera: Player One M
Filters: Antilia
Date: 29/12/2024
Dataset: by @Michele Mazzola
#Project_Nerpio
Drifting through the constellation Gemini, about 5,000 light-years from us, lies the delicate tapestry of IC 443, also known as the Jellyfish Nebula. This remnant of a supernova spreads across the sky in a shell nearly 50 arcminutes wide — that’s larger than the full Moon! — with a true span of about 70 light-years.
Its complex structure is sculpted by the shockwaves of a massive star that exploded thousands of years ago, interacting with surrounding molecular clouds and revealing filaments of heated gas glowing in hydrogen, oxygen, and other elements.
📍 Constellation: Gemini
Coordinates (J2000): RA 06h 16m 36s | Dec +22° 31′ 00″
🌌 Distance: ~5,000 light-years
🌟 Apparent Magnitude: ~12 (photographic / blue magnitude)
📐 Apparent Size: ~50′ × 40′
May this cosmic jellyfish remind us how powerful stellar death can shape new life across the darkness.
Follow for more glimpses into the Universe’s deepest ballet ✨
www.instagram.com/ale_motta_astrofotografia