Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Cassiopeia (Cas)  ·  Contains:  NGC 281
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IC 1590 an open cluster, RonAdams
IC 1590 an open cluster
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IC 1590 an open cluster

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IC 1590 an open cluster, RonAdams
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IC 1590 an open cluster

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I planned on imaging NGC 7293 the Helix Nebula. However it was not in a position yet where I could image it. I quickly went on Stellarium and chose a couple of open clusters to image while

waiting for the Helix Nebula to move into position. I chose NGC 1502 and IC 1590. I'd never imaged these clusters before and had no idea what they looked like. When I started post processing my image of IC 1590 I was doing a little stretching of the data and noticed some nebulosity beginning to show itself. I then stretched the data more vigorously and lo and behold

the Pacman Nebula was looking at me. I had no idea that I was imaging the Pacman Nebula because I could not see it in my raw frames as I was imaging. I could see a little cluster. With all of that said please enjoy my image of IC 1590.

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IC 1590 an open cluster, RonAdams