IC59 and IC 63 – The Ghost of Cassiopeia

Integration: 99 x 240 seconds (6 hours 36 minutes)

Moon Illumination: 98% to 14%

Seeing: Below average to Good

Transparency: Average

NELM: Mag 2 to 3

Imaging: Askar V, Reducer 80mm (384mm), Ogma AP26CC (IMX571), Filters: Antlia Triband RGB Ultra II

Guiding: Skywatcher Evoguide 50DX, Player One Uranus C, Filter: UV-IR Cut

Mount: Skywatcher Wave 100i

Software: Green Swamp Server, ASCOM, NINA (Acquisition) and PHD2 (Guiding)

Integration: 99 x 240 seconds (6 hours 36 minutes), 15 Darks, 50 DarkFlats (Bias), 50 Flats

Processing: Siril for stacking, processing, and Starnet++.

1. RGB Align
2. Astrometry, Crop, SPCC
3. Background Extraction: Siril BG (RBF, 1.0, 80, 0.3, Dither ON), Siril Python Script, Graxpert (1.0)
4. A. RGB Extract. On Each layer, GraXpert Denoise, VeraLux HMSB. RGB Combine, Linear Match, Adjust Layer Brightness, VeraLux Curves, Siril Curves
5. VeraLux Starcomposer
6. VeraLux Revela
7. Save as jpg

Acquired in November 2025. Finally figured out to bring out the data with low acquisition time