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Ghost of Cassiopeia

07 Oct 2026

Ghost of Cassiopeia

IC63, the Ghost of Cassiopeia

© Kieran Grant all rights reserved.

IC 63 is a ghostly shaped emission nebula in Cassiopeia. The bright star upper left is Gamma Cassiopeiae. The Ghost is part of the larger emission region SH 2-185, one of the Sharpless objects.

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