Image centered on Ra.0 : 56.7 (hours : minutes)  Dec +61 : 04 (degrees : minutes)\

IC 59 ( Gamma Cass Nebula )

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Information    ( From the NOAA website )

The bright bluish star shown here is Gamma Cassiopeiae. It is currently evaporating two nearby clouds of gas- IC 59 and IC 63. The leading edges of these clouds glow strongly in the intense bath of radiation from this hot star. Hints of bluish light behind the front lines of these nebulae show a bit of scattered light. Astronomically speaking, these clouds don't have much more time and will soon be blown away into the interstellar medium


 

Optics - Exposure information

Telescope, Vixen R200ss 8 inch Newtonian at F4  (Fl 800mm) with a Televue Coma Corrector and aftermarket Moonlite accessories focuser.

Mount, Losmandy G11 with Gemini control electronics

Imager, Starlite-Xpress SXV-h9 using Astronomiks RGB and Schuler Ha optical filters.

Exposure data, Ha = 90 minutes total with 5 min subexposures, RGB = 15 min each with 2 min subexposures. Final RGB composite image = (Ha+R)Gb.

Images acquired with Astroart and aligned then combined in Maxim Dl. Final RGB composite processed with Photoshop Cs

Images acquired  from my backyard - " Dirt Clod Observatory" in Antelope California

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