IC59 & IC63 (Sh2-185) are a pair of emission and reflection nebulae that lie approximately 600 light-years away in the constellation Cassiopeia. IC69 (below and right of center) is sometimes called the "Ghost of Cassiopeia." The very bright star, Gamma Cassiopeia, illuminates these great clouds of gas and dust. Telescope: Stellarvue Raptor SVR105 @ f/7 Accessories: Stellarvue SFF7-21 flattener; Dew control by Dew Buster; Alnitak Flat-Man Mount: Takahashi EM-200 Temma2 Camera: QSI583wsg CCD @ -10.0C Guiding: Starlight Xpress Lodestar via PHD Filters: Astrodon Tru-balance E-Series Generation II LRGB Exposure: 12 x 20min.(Ha) binned 1x1; 12 x 10min.(L) binned 1x1; 12 x 5min. each (R, G, & B) binned 2x2 Acquisition: ImagesPlus Camera Control v4.3 Processing: Calibration, DDP in Images Plus v5; Registration in Registar Post-processing: ImagesPlus 5; Adobe Photoshop CS5 Date(s): November 10, 12, 13, 2012 SQM reading (begin - end): N1:21.30 - clouds; N2:19.23 - 18.76; N3:18.87 - 19.25 Temperature (begin - end): N1:61.4ºF - 56.5ºF; N2:34.1ºF - 30.5ºF; N3:42.3ºF - 33.1ºF Location: Nunnelly, TN, USA (Luminance) & Hendersonville, TN, USA (RGB)