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IC 443 - Narrowband



 

Object:

IC 443: Jellyfish Nebula in Gemini

RA: 6 hr 17 min Dec: +22 deg 31 min

Date & Site:
Imaged on 4/9/2010: Little Blair Valley
Equipment:

Telescope: Takahashi FSQ 106 Refractor (540 mm fl)
Mount: Losmandy G-11 with Gemini
Camera: ST-10XME; CFW10 with Astrodon filters; External autoguiding

Notes:

Exposures: 50 min each Ha, OIII, SII (5 nm); 10 min subexposures

IC 443 may be the remains of a supernova that occurred 3,000 - 30,000 years ago.

Supernova Remnant Designation: G189.1 + 03.0

5,000 light years away

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