{"id":582619,"date":"2026-10-21T14:05:00","date_gmt":"2026-10-21T04:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/science.nasa.gov\/image-article\/apod-2026-october-21-new-ghosts-revealed-in-cassiopeia\/"},"modified":"2026-10-21T14:05:00","modified_gmt":"2026-10-21T04:05:00","slug":"apod-2026-october-21-new-ghosts-revealed-in-cassiopeia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=582619","title":{"rendered":"APOD: 2026 October 21 \u2013 New Ghosts Revealed in Cassiopeia"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"\" class=\"hds-module hds-module-full alignfull wp-block-nasa-blocks-secondary-navigation\">\n<div class=\"hds-secondary-navigation-wrapper z-top width-100 padding-0\">\n<div id=\"\" class=\"hds-secondary-navigation width-full border-bottom-1px text-center hds-color-mode-dark hds-module hds-module-full alignfull wp-block-nasa-blocks-hdsnav\"><button type=\"button\" class=\"hds-secondary-nav-mobile-button display-flex tablet:display-flex desktop:display-none 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astronomer.\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"media-detail-hero__media margin-bottom-6\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-smd-block-image-rollover smd-image-rollover hds-module hds-media smd-image-rollover--clickable-indicators\">\n<div class=\"smd-image-rollover__alignment margin-left-auto margin-right-auto nasa-block-align-full\">\n<div class=\"smd-image-rollover__frame\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2622\" height=\"1751\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.science.nasa.gov\/dynamicimage\/assets\/science\/cds\/apod\/apod\/2026\/october\/IC63.png?w=2622&#038;h=1751&#038;%23038;fit=clip&#038;%23038;crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint\" class=\"smd-image-rollover__image smd-image-rollover__image--primary\" alt=\"The sky is speckled with stars. Bright tufts of emission nebulae trace across the image's equator. Arcs and smudges of ionized oxygen emission also included.\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2622\" height=\"1751\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.science.nasa.gov\/dynamicimage\/assets\/science\/cds\/apod\/apod\/2026\/october\/IC63_annoted.png?w=2622&#038;h=1751&#038;%23038;fit=clip&#038;%23038;crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint\" class=\"smd-image-rollover__image smd-image-rollover__image--secondary\" alt=\"The sky is speckled with stars. Bright tufts of emission nebulae trace across the image's equator. Arcs and smudges of ionized oxygen emission also included. The three new objects visible in oxygen are labeled.\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"toggle-button-container padding-1\"><button type=\"button\" class=\"toggle-view-before-button margin-right-1px is-active\" aria-pressed=\"true\"><span class=\"toggle-view-before-label\">Original<\/span><\/button><button type=\"button\" class=\"toggle-view-after-button margin-left-1px\" aria-pressed=\"false\"><span class=\"toggle-view-after-label\">Annotated<\/span><\/button><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h1 class=\"display-48 margin-top-0 margin-bottom-3\">New Ghosts Revealed in Cassiopeia<\/h1>\n<div class=\"grid-row media-detail-hero__content-row\">\n<div class=\"grid-col-12 desktop:grid-col-6\">\n<p class=\"p-md margin-0 media-detail-hero__description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<strong>Explanation:<\/strong> Jinkies, look at all those ghosts! It took 100 hours of observation and a special oxygen <a href=\"https:\/\/www.schoolsobservatory.org\/learn\/telescopes\/how\/filters\" rel=\"noopener\">filter<\/a> for <a href=\"https:\/\/app.astrobin.com\/i\/6b6z2r\" rel=\"noopener\">today\u2019s image<\/a> to capture three faint <a href=\"https:\/\/science.nasa.gov\/universe\/stories\/quick-reads\/decoding-nebulae\/\" rel=\"noopener\">nebulas<\/a> hidden in the <a href=\"https:\/\/noirlab.edu\/public\/education\/constellations\/cassiopeia\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Cassiopeia constellation<\/a>. IC 59 and <a href=\"https:\/\/science.nasa.gov\/asset\/hubble\/ic-63-ghost-nebula\/\" rel=\"noopener\">IC 63<\/a>, the original <a href=\"https:\/\/science.nasa.gov\/image-article\/apod-2025-october-31-ghosts-in-cassiopeia\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Ghosts of Cassiopeia<\/a>, haunt the region near multi-star system <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.aavso.org\/vsots_gammacas\" rel=\"noopener\">\u03b3 Cassiopeia<\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/science.nasa.gov\/ems\/10_ultravioletwaves\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Energetic light<\/a> from \u03b3 Cassiopeia causes the hydrogen gas in IC 59 and 63 to glow red. Their <a href=\"https:\/\/science.nasa.gov\/universe\/stories\/quick-reads\/be-glad-you-dont-have-to-dust-in-space\/\" rel=\"noopener\">dust<\/a> reflects and scatters some blue-ish white starlight. Newly discovered Objects 1, 2, and 3 appear as blue phantoms, revealing the presence of ionized oxygen. But ionized by what? Like at the bow of a speeding boat, \u03b3 Cassiopeia may be piling up material as the system moves through interstellar gas and dust. It follows that Object 3 may be the compressed and heated oxygen of that <a href=\"https:\/\/science.nasa.gov\/science-research\/astrophysics\/cosmic-bow-shocks\/\" rel=\"noopener\">bow shock<\/a>. Object 1 could be a <a href=\"https:\/\/science.nasa.gov\/image-article\/apod-2026-june-22-m27-the-dumbbell-nebula\/\" rel=\"noopener\">planetary nebula<\/a> if a central <a href=\"https:\/\/imagine.gsfc.nasa.gov\/science\/objects\/dwarfs1.html\" rel=\"noopener\">white dwarf<\/a> is identified. The origins of these astronomical apparitions remain a mystery to be solved.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tomorrow\u2019s picture:<\/strong> it\u2019s not easy being green\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"display-none desktop:display-block desktop:grid-col-1\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"grid-col-12 desktop:grid-col-5 margin-top-3 desktop:margin-top-0\">\n<table class=\"media-detail-hero__meta-table width-full\">\n<tbody>\n<tr class=\"media-detail-hero__meta-row\">\n<th scope=\"row\" class=\"label padding-y-1\">Date:<\/th>\n<td class=\"p-sm padding-y-1\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tOctober 21, 2026\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"media-detail-hero__meta-row\">\n<th scope=\"row\" class=\"label padding-y-1\">Credit &#038; Copyright:<\/th>\n<td class=\"p-sm padding-y-1\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/lrx.photo\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Louis Leroux-G\u00e9r\u00e9<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/tybr\" rel=\"noopener\">Thibault Rouill\u00e9e<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/vincent.astro\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Vincent Martin<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/lesphotosdecedric\/\" rel=\"noopener\">C\u00e9dric de Decker<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/starfront.space\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Starfront Observatories<\/a>)\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"media-detail-hero__meta-row\">\n<th scope=\"row\" class=\"label padding-y-1\">Authors &#038; editors:<\/th>\n<td class=\"p-sm padding-y-1\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tKeighley Rockcliffe, Robert Nemiroff, Jerry Bonnell, Cecilia Chirenti\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"media-detail-hero__meta-row\">\n<th scope=\"row\" class=\"label padding-y-1\">A service of:<\/th>\n<td class=\"p-sm padding-y-1\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/science.gsfc.nasa.gov\/astrophysics\/\"  rel=\"noopener\">ASD<\/a> at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/\"  rel=\"noopener\">NASA<\/a> \/ <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/centers\/goddard\/\"  rel=\"noopener\">GSFC<\/a>,<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/science.nasa.gov\/learn\/about-science-activation\/\"  rel=\"noopener\">NASA Science Activation<\/a> &#038; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mtu.edu\/\"  rel=\"noopener\">Michigan Tech. 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