IC443 Narrow-band

[RustyM]

Hi everybody,

Week of long nights working on this...

The details.....

IC443 captured with an Alta U16M CCD on the LightBuckets 0.37m (14.5") Ritchey-Chrétien (LB-0003).

Ha:SII:OIII = 160:160:120 minutes. Bin: 1x1. 1200s subs.

Color mapped Ha/SII/OIII as R/G/B. No LUM applied.

Processed in CCDStack and PixInsight.

RA 06:17:20.00 DEC 22:40:00.00 PA 39.8.

A little short on OIII data...as always

Couple of bad CCD columns showed up in the last stretch and the color noise is a bit off...grumble, grumble...guess I'm gonna need more data

A little Wiki poop on the target....

IC 443 (also known as the Jellyfish Nebula and Sharpless 248) is a Galactic supernova remnant in the constellation Gemini. On the plan of the sky, it is located near the star Eta Geminorum. Its distance is roughly 5,000 light years (~5×1016 km) from Earth.

IC 443 is thought to be the remains of a supernova that occurred 3,000 - 30,000 years ago (nice to know we've got that pinned down). The same supernova event likely created the neutron star CXOU J061705.3+222127, the collapsed remnant of the stellar core. IC 443 is one of the best-studied cases of supernova remnants interacting with surrounding molecular clouds.

Thanks for looking,

Rusty.

Larger version here.

[MikeD]

Very nice processing, great depth to the detail.

Mike.

[dc509]

that's an amazing image - almost has a 3-d quality to it. Nice one

[Demonperformer]

Marvellous pic. I never get tired of seeing pictures of this object.

[Glasspusher]

Stunning!

[adamsp123]

Superb! I think sums that picture up

[Beyond_Vision]

A great result as others have said a really nice 3D quality to it

Regards

Kevin

[Celeste]

Looks 3D to me too lovely target, not really seen this one before

[MartinB]

Amazing resolution. Superb tight stars. Top work Randy

[RustyM]

.... Top work Randy.

This is a first.

People call me Randy* all the time....comes with the territory.

But I've never had it happen in text.

Free beverage of choice for Martin

Thanks for the kind words,

Rusty.

*I know what some of you are thinking, mostly those from a small island...stop it. Silly person.

[Whippy]

You don't normally see it this close up and in such a high resolution too so this is a bit of treat, thanks .

Tony..

[barkis]

Well, they say hard work brings rewards. It's worked here alright.

This is a real stinger, and not a pun honest, Narrowband throws a whole new light on this fellow.

Jobs a good un.

Ron.

[astroimpulse]

I read your description before I scrolled down to the image.

"Holy s...!" was the thing that popped into my head instantly. I wasn't expecting that

Amazing...and I use that word specifically.

ps. looks like a brain to me