Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Cassiopeia (Cas)  ·  Contains:  IC 59  ·  IC 63  ·  The star Navi (γCas)  ·  gamma Cas nebula
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IC63 The Ghost Nebula, Shannon Calvert
IC63 The Ghost Nebula
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IC63 The Ghost Nebula

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IC63 The Ghost Nebula, Shannon Calvert
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IC63 The Ghost Nebula

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A week before Halloween we had a really clear night, but nobody else was available, so I hung out at the observatory for about 4 hours and caught a ghost in the darkness. Radiation from the bright star Gamma Cassiopeiae is both energizing this cloud of gas and dust and blasting it away.

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IC63 The Ghost Nebula, Shannon Calvert