Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Cassiopeia (Cas)  ·  Contains:  IC 59  ·  IC 63  ·  The star Navi (γCas)  ·  gamma Cas nebula
The Ghost of Cassiopeia, Michael Savo
The Ghost of Cassiopeia
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The Ghost of Cassiopeia

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Reflection/Emission nebula in Cassiopeia. The giant star - gamma Cassiopeia - has enough energy to ionize and reflect off of the this "not so close" cloud of gas (42 light years distant). Our sun in the same location would have minimal eefect on this cloud. It really does look like the classic, sheet over the head ghost.

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Description: Pennsylvania weather continues to disappoint. So I reprocessed another image. I am learning the value of making stars a little smaller....hope you like it

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The Ghost of Cassiopeia, Michael Savo