IC 443 "The Jellyfish nebula" in Hydrogen Alpha Light

Televue TVNP101 100mm APO refractor 540mm fl.
Sbig ST4 autoguider
Starlight Xpress HX916 CCD camera
Astronomik 13 nm Ha filter
4hr 20 min exposure. 26 no 10 minute sub exposures Sigma combined in MaxIm Software

The first 12 exposures were taken on 2004 Dec 28th with the nearly full close by in the sky. The resulting images were fairly poor so another 14 exposures were taken on 2005 Jan 5th under light polluted but moonless conditions and all 26 images combined to make the final image.

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