Deep Sky Object in Autumn
IC59 & IC63 (Reflection Nebulae in Cassiopeia)


Date & Time: Jan 28 2006, from 20:30 to 21:00 JST(+0900)
Composed 4shots with 10 minutes exposed
Optical: TAKAHASHI 12.5cm(4.9") fluorite refractor (f=1000mm, F8.0)
Auto-guided with VIXEN ATLUX Equatorial & Meade Pictor 201XT
Digital Camera: Nikon D70 (Remodeled)
Location: Ooizumi, Hokuto city, Yamanashi pref.

Camera Settings: Recording Format...12bit CCD-RAW, converted to 16bit TIFF(3008 x 2000)
CCD Sensitivity...ISO1600




IC59 / Reflection Nebula, type 2 E+R
R.A.00h 56m 42.0s (2000.0)
Dec.+61° 04' 00" (2000.0)
Apparent Size10'
Real SizeN/A
Magnitude -
DistanceN/A
Other IDsLBN620
IC63 / Reflection Nebula, type 1 E+R
R.A.00h 59m 30.0s (2000.0)
Dec.+60° 49' 00" (2000.0)
Apparent Size10'
Real SizeN/A
Magnitude -
DistanceN/A
Other IDsLBN623
This picture has captured a star field around gamma Cassiopeiae, Tsih. The bright star is accompanied by very faint reflection nebulae. Though this nebula is single lump of inter-stellar gaseous matter, the Index Catalogue has given two numbers of IC59 and IC65 for the north and northwest parts respectively. Both nebulae has apparent size of about 10 arc minutes and we can detect them only on films with long exposure. IC63 is brighter than IC59, being M-shaped filament structure.




NGC7822

Around IC348 & IC1985


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