Every day our eyes catch the light of our memories – time spent with family, the journey to work, a special holiday, a beautiful sunset or a dark starlit night. Each image captured is a picture drawn in light – a photograph: only to be lost in our minds or forever forgotten. Nearly two hundred years ago a small group of amateur scientists achieved what had eluded mankind for centuries – the ability to capture a permanent record of an image seen by their own eyes – a moment in time frozen onto a surface. They had discovered Photography. They were the ‘Catchers of the Light’.

Tuesday, March 21, 2023

The Jellyfish Nebula IC443


 IC 443 (also known as the Jellyfish Nebula and Sharpless 248 (Sh2-248)) is a galactic supernova remnant (SNR) in the constellation Gemini.Its distance is roughly 5,000 light years from Earth.

Location: Stinger of Scorpius Observatory, Filiates, Thesprotia - Greece.

Telescope: William optics star 71 f/4.9
Mount: Avalon linear fast reverse
Camera: CCD Atik One 6.0
Guide: ZWO ASI290MM Mini (mono) + Skywatcher ed80
Filters: Astrodon Ha 5 nm , Astrodon OIII 3nm
Exposure: Ha 39*600sec , OIII 39*600 , total : 13 hours
Process: Pixinsight - Photoshop CS6
Dates: 14/02/2023, 15/02/2023, 18/03/2023

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