SUNSET: 
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Photographer:
massimo.difusco
Location of Photo:
Ferrara (Italy)
Date/Time of photo:
05/08/2025 00:00
Equipment:
Konus 200/1000 @950mm, Asi224mc camera, Sky-Watcher Eq6r Pro mount, Optolong L-Para and L-Quad Enhance filters
Description:
IC 63 (also known as the Ghost of Cassiopeia) is a mixed reflection and emission nebula, visible in the constellation Cassiopeia, approximately 613 light-years away from our solar system. IC 63 is illuminated by the light emitted by the star γ Cassiopeiae, a very hot, young, irregular variable star with a radius 14 times that of our Sun and 50000 times more luminous. IC 63 has a triangular shape and optical emissions dominated by a red color interspersed with bluish filaments. The nebula is slowly dissolving under the influence of the violent stellar wind emitted by γ Cassiopeiae.
