Monday 10 December 2012

IC 63

IC 63. This emission nebula lies in the constellation Cassiopeia surrounding the bright
star gamma Cassiopeia. This image was taken under very clear sky conditions with bright
moonlight. Five minute sub frames and dark frames were captured making total exposure
times of ten minutes using RGB filters and sixty minutes using a H-alpha filter. The image
was captured using a ten inch f/4.8 reflector with an Atik 383L CCD camera: