NGC 281 Pac Man Nebula-first try at 1450mm on a pesky cloud shortened night! (Mark C. Helton)

Celestial hemisphere: Northern · Constellation: Cassiopeia (Cas) · Contains: HD5005 · IC 1590 · LBN 615 · LBN 616 · NGC 281 · Sh2-184

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NGC 281 Pac Man Nebula-first try at 1450mm on a pesky cloud shortened night!

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NGC 281 Pac Man Nebula-first try at 1450mm on a pesky cloud shortened night!

So now that the Moon is rising later, and the nights are getting a little longer here in New England, I was surprised by a clear night, even though the forecast called for clouds. I set up around 7p, it gets dark around 8 now. PA'd and was off and running. The target tonight was Pac Man Nebula. I was able to get it right over the top of my roof to start the night. Planned on 5 hours of 300 second images, or 60. Well the forecasters were correct, just a little off. the clouds showed up. I was able to get 24 images which I salvaged 22. I think there would be a lot less noise had I gotten the full 5 hours. But overall I am happy with this attempt. Lots happening in this nebula. Clear Skies
Mark

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Massachusetts Astro
C8 XLT Celestron Deep Space

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RA (center)	00h52m44s.725
RA (top/left)	00h54m20s.789
RA (top/right)	00h51m15s.743
RA (bottom/right)	00h51m09s.648
RA (bottom/left)	00h54m12s.759

Dec (center)	+56°33′31″.18
Dec (top/left)	+56°45′24″.23
Dec (top/right)	+56°46′24″.90
Dec (bottom/right)	+56°21′30″.60
Dec (bottom/left)	+56°20′34″.14

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