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Sh2 185_IC 59_IC 63

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Sh2 185_IC 59_IC 63

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GHOSTS OF CASSIOPEA SH 2-185  Constellation: Cassiopeia Right ascension: 00h 56m 54s Declination: 60° 45′ 53″ Distance: 613 a.l. Type: Emission Nebula Contains IC 59 and IC 63 Other designations vdB 5; IC 59/IC 63  Sh2-185 is an emission and reflection nebula, visible in the constellation Cassiopeia; it consists of two distinct nebulous regions with different characteristics from each other. Its position is very easy to identify thanks to the fact that it surrounds the bright star γ Cassiopeiae; the bright nebulous part can be identified in particular in a north-east direction with respect to the star, where there are two nebulous concentrations known as IC 59 and IC 63. In the photographs the reddish color of the ionized gas mixed with the bluish of the dust which shines due to reflection of the blue light of the star.  Its observation is possible especially from the regions of the Northern Hemisphere, due to the high northern declination; in the evening sky it reaches its peak in the autumn months, between October and December  This magnificent region was photographed on two different evenings and from two different places, the first photographic session performed with the Optolong Astronomy Filter Lpro filter from the very good sky of Pozzaglia Sabina where we have a Bortle scale 4 and an SQM of 20.09 The second session was done from the sky of Guidonia Montecelio with the L-extreme filter where we have a Bortle scale of 6 and an SQM of 19.6  This image is the result of the fusion of the two bands (rgb with Lpro and double band with L-extreme), a fusion made with Pixelmath after having obtained two images produced with the LRGB COMBINATION process where in the first image I put the Halfa signal in the Luminance with a percentage of 50% and in the other items the three RGB channels of the LPRO image. The second time I always put the Ha signal in the luminance and this time I always put Ha in the R voice, leaving the two Lpro channels in the G and B voices. Then with Pixelmath I made a 50% sum of the two  Image1*0.50+Image 2*0.50  Then I performed the rest of the processing with my classic workflow.  Technical data:  Telescope: TS 90 OWL at 540mm focal length Camera: Zwo Asi 294 MC; Sensor temperature -5° Tecnosky full frame flattener 1x Eq6 frame mod Rowan  Optolong Filter Images Lpro filter: 24 light 300" Optolong Filter Images L-extreme filter: 60 light 300"  Software used:  SHARCAP PHGUIDING APT PIXINSIGHT PHOTOSHOP

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Sh2 185_IC 59_IC 63, mirko tondinelli