IC59 (left) and IC63 (right), known as The Ghost of Cassiopeia, are haunting nebulae located in the constellation Cassiopeia, about 600 light-years from Earth. These ghostly apparitions glow eerily due to the intense ultraviolet radiation from the nearby massive star, Gamma Cassiopeiae.
This beautiful portrait of the nebula was captured by a Takahashi FSQ-106EDX4 telescope at IC Astronomy Observatory in Spain. It combines narrowband data that isolates light from sulfur, hydrogen, and oxygen wavelengths to create this false-color image.
The raw data was curated by a remote telescope service and then combined, calibrated, and processed by Richard Leighton. 👻 ✨
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This beautiful portrait of the nebula was captured by a Takahashi FSQ-106EDX4 telescope at IC Astronomy Observatory in Spain. It combines narrowband data that isolates light from sulfur, hydrogen, and oxygen wavelengths to create this false-color image.
The raw data was curated by a remote telescope service and then combined, calibrated, and processed by Richard Leighton. 👻 ✨