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IC 63 Ghost of Cassiopeia, George  Yendrey
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IC 63 Ghost of Cassiopeia

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IC 63 Ghost of Cassiopeia

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The Ghost of Cassiopeia is a dim emission nebula close the bright variable star Navi, in the Constellation Cassiopeia.

It is approximately 550 ly from Sol.  The nebula is being eroded by the energetic radiation from Navi, the star that nebula 'points' to.

This is getting to the 'small' end of the object size range for my OTA/FoV.

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IC 63 Ghost of Cassiopeia, George  Yendrey