#ic 59

[darkenergyslivers]

Ghost of Cassiopeia, OHH palette, bortle 8 by u/Sufficient_Wasabi665 via r/astrophotography

[quiltofstars]

The Ghost of Cassiopeia, Sh2-185 // B_Blair

[the-maddest-robot]

Picture of IC59 and IC63. This is a pair of nebula located near the star γ Cassiopeia, the big star at the bottom, which is responsible for making the nebula glow. Both nebula are composed of ionise hydrogen responsible for the red colour (especially on IC63) and colder dust/gas responsible for the blue colour (most visible on IC59). γ Cassiopeia can make taking photos of those nebula difficult due to the halos it produces, I did my best to limit its impact during processing, but there is still a faint blue halo around it. IC63 is also known as the Ghost of Cassiopeia due to its shape, it was discovered in 1893 by the German astronomer Max Wolf.

Image taken using a CarbonStar 150/600 newtonian telescope with a 0.95 coma corrector, ZWO ASI294 monochrome camera. 12x300s image for each filter (LRGBHa), total imaging time 5h, stacking and processing done in PixInsight. Details of both objects: IC63

IC59

[spacewonder19]

Ghosts of Cassiopeia; IC 59 & 63

[spinningblueball]

Image Catalog (IC) 59 And 63 in Cassiopeia

[quiltofstars]

The Ghost of Cassiopeia (Sh2-185, center) and Tiansi (γ Cassiopeiae) // 文飞 刘 & Wai Wong

[quiltofstars]

The Ghost of Cassiopeia, Sh2-185 // Georg N. Nyman

The star at the center of the image is Navi (γ Cassiopeiae), a quadruple star system about 550 light years from Earth. It is named after American astronaut Virgil Ivan "Gus" Grissom (1926-1967, Gemini 3, Apollo 1) after his own middle name spelled backwards.

[quiltofstars]

The Ghost of Cassiopeia, Sh2-185 // Easternpaastro