Cassiopeia´s Ghost - IC 59, IC 63 & Gamma Cas

RA Center: 00h59m24s.20

DEC Center: +60°54′32″.0

Date: August 22., 23., 24. & 25. 2022

Location: Braunschweig / Germany (52°14’40.2“N - 10°30’20.8“E)

Telescope: Omegon Pro APO AP 104/650 ED Triplet

  • Aperture: 104 mm
  • Focal length: 650 mm

Recording camera: ZWO ASI2600MC Pro

Mount: Sky-Watcher EQ6-R Pro

Exposure time: 15h 25´

Frames:

Baader UV/IR Cut / Luminance: 180 x 60″ (3h)

Optolong L-eXtreme 2":  75 x 600″ (12h 30′)

Software: Pleiades Astrophoto PixInsight, Skylum Luminar AI


At a distance of about 600 light-years, the two nebulae IC 59 and IC 63 dissolve under the influence of ionized ultraviolet radiation from the hot, actually blue-glowing star Gamma Cas. It is an irregularly variable star about 3 to 4 light-years distant from these nebulae in the constellation of Cassiopeia.