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The Jellyfish Nebula (IC 443), in the Foraxx Palette image

The Jellyfish Nebula (IC 443), in the Foraxx Palette

Contains: Deep sky object
Acquisition Details
  • Number of frames:   189
  • FPS:
  • Focal length:   580
  • CMI/CMII/CMIII:
Description

The Jellyfish Nebula is a supernova remnant (SNR) that is thought to be located approximately 5,000 light years distant. The supernova event is estimated to have occurred between 30,000 - 35,000 years ago. The image also contains the blue reflection nebula IC 444. This result was produced using the output of the ForaxxPaletteUtility script in PixInsight as a starting point.