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NGC281 - The Pac-Man Nebula
A bright emission nebula, part of an H II region in the constellation Cassiopeia;  known as the Pac-Man Nebula because of its resemblance to the video game character that flits around ruthlessly and insatiably chomping up defenseless, pathetic little dots.

NGC281 - The Pac-Man Nebula

A bright emission nebula, part of an H II region in the constellation Cassiopeia; known as the Pac-Man Nebula because of its resemblance to the video game character that flits around ruthlessly and insatiably chomping up defenseless, pathetic little dots.




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Filename:NGC281_20180914_LHaRGB3~1.jpg
Album name:27telp / Nebulae
Location and Date:OCA site near Anza, California, 9/14/2018
Equipment:William Optics FLT-132 scope, QSI 583wsg CCD camera, Astro-Physics 1200 GTO mount, Borg Mini-50 Guidescope, Starlight Xpress Ultrastar guide camera
Settings:10 5-minute exposures in Luminance, bin 1x1; 10 exposures each in Red, Green and Blue, bin 2x2; 10 600-second exposures in H-alpha, bin 2x2
Notes:Image capture software - Sequence Generator Pro; calibration, stacking and final processing with CCDStack2, PixInsight and Adobe Photoshop CC
Filesize:2014 KiB
Date added:Aug 03, 2022
Dimensions:2011 x 1540 pixels
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Color Space:sRGB
EXIF Offset:254
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Image Description:NGC281 - The Pac-Man Nebula
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