Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Cassiopeia (Cas)  ·  Contains:  27 Cas)  ·  IC 59  ·  IC 63  ·  The star Navi (γ Cas
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Happy Halloween 👻

Presenting a spooky monster, the Ghost of Cassiopeia. This nebula is about 550 light years away from us. The blue-giant star pictured here, Gamma Cassiopeia, packs the energy of 34,000 Suns! It's so bright that its light illuminates the nearby nebula IC 63, seen here as the glowing cloud of hydrogen gas. This makes IC 63 an unusual combination of both emission and reflection nebula.

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The Ghost of Cassiopeia, AstroDarks