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  2. IC 443 - Wikipedia

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    IC 443 (also known as the Jellyfish Nebula and Sharpless 248 ) is a galactic supernova remnant (SNR) in the constellation Gemini. On the plane of the sky, it is located near the star Eta Geminorum. Its distance is roughly 5,000 light years from Earth. IC 443 may be the remains of a supernova that occurred 30,000 - 35,000 years ago.

  3. Messier 30 - Wikipedia

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    Messier 30 (also known as M30, NGC 7099, or the Jellyfish Cluster) is a globular cluster of stars in the southeast of the southern constellation of Capricornus, at about the declination of the Sun when the latter is at December solstice.

  4. Portal:Astronomy/Picture - Wikipedia

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

  5. Jellyfish galaxy - Wikipedia

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    A jellyfish galaxy is a type of galaxy found in galaxy clusters. They are characterised by ram pressure stripping of gas from the affected galaxy by the intracluster medium , triggering starbursts along a tail of gas.

  6. List of largest nebulae - Wikipedia

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    emission line nebula The size is likely larger. The paper only describes the maximal distance to the nucleus and not the entire size. nebula around the Teacup galaxy: 363,000 ly (111,000 pc) [18] ionized nebula part of the circumgalactic medium around the Teacup galaxy, illuminated by the AGN: Lyman-alpha blob 1: 300,000 ly (92,000 pc) [19] LαB

  7. Oldest known species of jellyfish discovered in the Canadian ...

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    The oldest examples of swimming jellyfish, which lived in Earth’s oceans 505 million years ago, have been discovered high within the Canadian Rockies. Researchers found 182 fossils encased ...

  8. NGC 7027 - Wikipedia

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    NGC 7027 is unusually small, measuring only 0.2 by 0.1 light-years, whereas the typical size for a planetary nebula is 1 light-year. [4] It is fairly young, at about 600 years old. [ 12 ] It has a very complex shape, consisting of an elliptical region of ionized gas [ 13 ] and an equatorial belt [ 14 ] within a massive neutral cloud. [ 15 ]

  9. Bizarre looking jellyfish captured on video during deep sea ...

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    Deepwater Exploration of the Marianas team was taking a look around the Enigma Seamount when they noticed a particularly brilliant jellyfish. SEE ALSO: 93 percent of the Great Barrier Reef has ...