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Astro Gallery, Nebulae, NGC281 Pacman Nebula
NGC281 Pacman NebulaMouseover image to see plate solved annotations, click image to see it at a larger size.

NGC281 Pacman Nebula

Image contains NGC281, IC1590

NGC 281, known as the Pacman Nebula, is an H II region in the constellation of Cassiopeia and part of the Perseus Spiral Arm. It includes the open cluster IC 1590, the multiple star HD 5005, and several Bok globules.


Reference:1020Date taken:Nov/Dec 2013
Location:Galera, Andalucia, SpainImaging telescope:Takahashi FSQ85EDX 328mm @f3.8
Imaging camera:Atik 383L+Camera setpoint:-20C
Mount:Takahashi EM200 Temma 2MGuiding telescope:ST-80
Guiding camera:SSAGFilters:Baader Ha, OIII, SII
Light frames:Ha=32 x 600s, OIII=32 x 600s, SII=34 x 600s, L=20 x 180s, R=20 x 180s, G=20 x 180s, B=20 x 180sIntegration:20.3 hours
Dark frames:35Flat frames:20 each channel
Bias frames:35Capture software:MaximDL
Guiding software:MaximDLProcessing software:PixInsight, Fits Liberator, Photoshop CS5, Noel Carboni's Actions, NIK Tools
 
Processing notes:The nebula was processed in the HST palette with the Ha, OIII and SII frames. The LRGB frames where used for the stars and layed in with the nebula.

Center (RA, Dec): (13.152, 56.705)
Center (RA, hms): 00h 52m 36.531s
Center (Dec, dms): +56 42' 17.195"
Size: 1.78 x 1.26 deg
Radius: 1.090 deg
Orientation: Up is 89.3 degrees E of N
 
 
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