"Seal Astronomical Observatory" He succeeds in photographing a nebula "Jellyfish"

Abu Dhabi, March 14 / WAM / The Seal Astronomical Observatory, in Abu Dhabi, succeeded in documenting a cosmic scene by taking a picture of a nebula known as “Jellyfish Nebula – IC 44”, which is a massive gathering of gas and cosmic dust that derives its name from its shape that resembles a jellyfish.

This nebula is located in the constellation Gemini, which is the same star formation that astrologers call Gemini.

Engineer Muhammad Shawkat Odeh, Director of the International Astronomy Center, said that this cosmic body is about five thousand light years away from Earth, which means that the light captured in the image emanated from the nebula approximately 3 thousand years ago BC, reaching our observatories today after a cosmic journey that extended for thousands of years.

He added that the “Jellyfish” nebula falls within the category of remnants of exploded stars. Its scattered features reflect the remaining matter of a massive star that ended its life in a massive cosmic explosion known scientifically as a “supernova.”

Scientific estimates indicate that this explosion occurred about 30 thousand years ago, while studies suggest that what remained of the core of that star was later compressed to transform into a neutron star bearing the symbol “J061705.3+222127,” and rushing through space at a tremendous speed of 830 thousand kilometers per hour.

He explained that the completion of this astronomical image was the result of about half a month of continuous astronomical observation, with the total exposure time for the final image reaching 29.5 hours. The imaging process was carried out using a 4.3-inch refracting telescope equipped with a color camera, in addition to a filter designated to reduce light pollution, due to its high level at the observatory site. The darkness of the sky there is estimated at about 6.5 on the Bortle scale.

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