Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Cassiopeia (Cas)  ·  Contains:  27 Cas)  ·  IC 59  ·  IC 63  ·  The star Navi (γ Cas
IC59 and IC63, Wei Li
IC59 and IC63
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IC59 and IC63

IC59 and IC63, Wei Li
IC59 and IC63
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IC59 and IC63

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I photographed these two target in narrow band 3 years ago with Takahashi FSQ-85EDX from my backyard.  This time I reshot it with TEC 140 in LRGB and Ha. 

IC 59 and IC 63 are faint reflection and emission nebula located in the northern constellation of Cassiopeia. They are challenging objects to spot with telescopes for a number of reasons. Both nebulae are faint at apparent mag. +10, they have extremely low surface brightness and surround bright variable star gamma Cas (γ Cas). This remarkable star is partly unstable and is known as a "shell star". It currently shines at mag. +2.15, making it the brightest star in Cassiopeia. 


Subs:
HA: 22x1800s
L: 60x600s
R/G/B(bin 2): 40x300s each

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