Exposures: 2 hrs of Ha (in 20 minute subs); 30 minutes each of RGB (10 min subs) for total of 3.5 hrs
IC 443 is a supernova remnant (SNR) - the remains of a supernova that occurred 3,000 - 30,000 years ago. IC 443 is one of the best-studied cases of supernova remnants interacting with surrounding molecular clouds.
Recent studies of this supernova remnant by NASA revealed a strange pulsar within the nebula.
Distance is about 5,000 light years
Field of View = 96 x 65 arc minutes
(imaged reduced 60% of original)
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