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Although commonly named the “Jellyfish Nebula”, this object is actually a Supernova remnant. When a massive star reaches the point when it can no longer sustain nuclear fission, the star’s core can collapse on itself and create a “Supernova”. The outer layers of the star are ejected during the collapse and create a supernova remnant.

Image acquired with QSI-683 wsg-8 camera on Takahashi FSQ-106 astrograph.

One hours each of exposure time through Ha. O3 and S2 filters.

Five minute sub-frames.

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IC 443 in Gemini