IC 443: The Jellyfish Nebula

Why is this jellyfish swimming in a sea of stars? Drifting advance lustrous vast identify Eta Geminorum, seen at the apt, the Jellyfish Nebula extends its tentacles from the unparalleled arcing ridge of emission left of center. Without a doubt, the cosmic jellyfish is section of bubble-formed supernova remnant IC 443, the increasing particles cloud from a big vast identify that exploded. Gentle from the explosion first reached planet Earth over 30,000 years ago. Esteem its cousin in nice waters, the Crab Nebula supernova remnant IC 443 is known to harbor a neutron vast identify — the remnant of the collapsed stellar core. The Jellyfish Nebula is ready 5,000 gentle-years away. At that distance, the featured image would span about 140 gentle-years across. Your Sky Surprise: What image did APOD characteristic to your birthday? (put up 1995)