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IC 443 in Gemini

by

R.Gendler/Novapix

Reference

a-snv11-00001

Date

2006-09-05

Some 30,000 thousand years ago a great supernova detonated in the constellation Gemini leaving in its wake a shell of heated gas that gradually expanded into the interstellar medium ultimately colliding with a large molecular cloud. IC 443 (The Jellyfish Nebula) is located at 5000 light years from the earth. The bright star at right is Eta Geminorum (Propus), a variable star.