IC 63 (Sept. 2019)

This is 11x1800" in H-alpha with the SXVF-H9 and the Synta-ONTC 203mm f/4.95.

IC 63 (October 2014)

Full resolution image here.

This ghostly nebula glows around Gamma Cassiopeia, one of the brighter stars in that constellation.  You can see the star's glow in the upper right of the image, just outside the frame.

Telescope: Astro-Tech AT111EDT and William Optics AFR-IV (eff. at f/5.6)
Camera and Exposure: SXVF-H9 8x1200" (6nm Ha), Alnitak Flat-man flats
Filter: Astronomik 6nm Ha
Guiding: SX Lodestar and SX OAG
Mount: Takahashi NJP
Software: Nebulosity, Maxim DL, Photoshop CS3
Location: The Woodlands, TX

IC 63 (9-23-2011)

IC 63 is a cloud of gas and dust next to the star Gamma Cassiopeia.  Gamma Cas's radiation and perhaps an outflow of gas from the star itself are causing IC 63 to glow.  The star and nebula are relatively close to us.  The star is not in this image, but the direction of its location is obvious.

Telescope: Orion 10" f/4.7 Newtonian and Baader RCC1
Camera and Exposure: SXVF-H9C, 20x10'
Filter: IDAS-LPS2
Guiding: SX Lodestar and SX OAG
Mount: Takahashi NJP
Software: Nebulosity, Maxim DL, Photoshop CS3
Location: The Woodlands, TX