IC 59 and 63 reflection nebulas near Gamma Cassiopeia, taken Oct 14, 2007 with 5-inch apo refractor at f/6 with Canon 20Da at ISO 800 for stack of 4 x 10 minute exposures. Some haze. Used ST402 guider.
IC 289, a small faint planetary nebula in Cassiopeia, here showing as a small purple disk at centre, just a little larger than the stellar disks. It is 13th magnitude and is 40 x 30 arc seconds in size, so not quite star-like but not at all obvious visually. The tip of the Soul Nebula is at lower right. IC 289 is considered the most difficult object to observe on my list of 110 Finest NGC Objects in the RASC Observer’s Handbook. It is the only IC object on the list. This is a stack of 5 x 8 minute exposures with the Quattro 20cm astrographic Newtonian reflector with its coma corrector at f/4 and the Canon 5D MkII at ISO 800.
