IC 63

(The Evil Emperor)

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Photo Details:

• Instrument: Vixen R200SS on Takahashi EM-200.
• Filters: Baader MPCC (Ha with Baader H-alpha filter)
• Exposure:  135 min. 11 x 300 + 8 x 600 sec. (Ha version has 5 x 600 sec. in Ha-addition)
• Camera: Starlight Xpress SXV-H9C (Ha with DSI pro II)
• Software: Maxim DL, PHP guiding, FocusMax, Photoshop CS2.
• Location: 59 11 47.83 N. - 10 22 29.33 E 
• Date: 19.09.2007
• Comments: Darks and Bias. Ha exposures added with DSI pro II.
• Information about this object: Nebula looks like the evil emperor in the movie Starwars. The nebula is very close to the bright star gamma Cassiopeiae (mag. 2,15) and you can see some of the blue light bleeding in to the top of  this picture.

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