Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Cassiopeia (Cas)  ·  Contains:  IC 1590  ·  NGC 281
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Pacman Nebula NGC 281, Alan Tidey
Pacman Nebula NGC 281
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Pacman Nebula NGC 281

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Pacman Nebula NGC 281, Alan Tidey
Pacman Nebula NGC 281
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Pacman Nebula NGC 281

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NGC 281 or the "Pacman" Nebula is c. 9200 light years away.
My first night imaging this one and also first night out with a new mount (iOptron HEM15).
I had to use very different guiding settings with this mount and so many thanks to everyone on the Facebook groups who helped with this.
Thanks also to the amazingly helpful guys at First Light Optics.
I was ready to throw everything over Beachy Head which is just down the road for me as guiding on the previous nights was going horribly wrong with guiding settings used with my old EQ3 mount.
Very happy with this for a total of 105 minutes of integration.
Added a second night and I now have almost 6 hours on this

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Pacman Nebula NGC 281, Alan Tidey