Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Cassiopeia (Cas)  ·  Contains:  IC 59  ·  IC 63  ·  The star Navi (γCas)
IC63 - Cassiopeia's ghost - (HaL)RGB, Volker Gutsmann
IC63 - Cassiopeia's ghost - (HaL)RGB
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IC63 - Cassiopeia's ghost - (HaL)RGB

IC63 - Cassiopeia's ghost - (HaL)RGB, Volker Gutsmann
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IC63 - Cassiopeia's ghost - (HaL)RGB

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I have been brooding over this one for a while - not an easy target. In the end, after a few dead ends in processing, I decided on RGB in which Ha was integrated with the CS script.

In order to bring out the lovely blueish hue of IC 59, the blue channel was given much more exposure time, however it is still a challenge to make it visible.

Imaged over 2 nights early October

100 x 60 sec R
100 x 60 sec G
320 x 60 sec B
50x300 sec Ha

Version B is a starless Ha image. This image is quite heavily clone stamped to remove star artefacts especially for the star Navi. This image was not used to create the final version but I quite like the detail in the Ha "ghost".

Hope you enjoy,
Volker

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    IC63 - Cassiopeia's ghost - (HaL)RGB, Volker Gutsmann
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  • IC63 - Cassiopeia's ghost - (HaL)RGB, Volker Gutsmann
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Description: A starless Ha version of the ghost

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IC63 - Cassiopeia's ghost - (HaL)RGB, Volker Gutsmann

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