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Original file size5.59 MB
Image typeJPEG
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Date modified24-Oct-10 19:06
Jellyfish  IC443 SHO Band

Jellyfish IC443 SHO Band

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Ha:

Scope: Tak FSQ 106 @f5
Camera: QSI 583 wsg
Mount: Takahashi Temma EM 400
Filters: Astrodon LRGB E SERIES GEN-II

Astronomik 12.5 nm Ha-Oiii-Sii
Guiding: Starshoot Autoguider
Target Aqusition: CCD4AP_ PinPoint
Camera Control: Maxim DL5
Focus - Robo Focus Automated with FocusMax
The Sky 6


Processed using Maxim DL5, ImagePlus3.8, Photoshop CS3, GradientXtTerminator, Noise Ninja, Astral Image

The Jellyfish Nebula is about 5,000 light-years away. At that distance, this image would be almost 200 light-years across.
IC443 is an extended source, having an angular diameter of 50 arcmin (by comparison, the full moon is 30 arcmin across).