Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Cassiopeia (Cas)  ·  Contains:  IC 1590  ·  LBN 615  ·  LBN 616  ·  LBN 621  ·  NGC 281  ·  Sh2-184
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Pac-Man Nebula in SHO, Jonny Bravo
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Pac-Man Nebula in SHO

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Pac-Man Nebula in SHO, Jonny Bravo
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Pac-Man Nebula in SHO

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NGC 281 was the October target chosen for the Goofi imaging challenge over on the Cloudy Nights forum. At the beginning of the month, I barely managed to capture a couple of hours of Ha data. I was considering just doing an Ha mono image. However, as is typical, when the moon was at its brightest, the skies were at their clearest. Thankfully, Pac-Man was chasing ghosts far enough away from the moon that I could collect more data. This allowed me to get just over 16 hours in total of S2, Ha and O3 data.

I edited this data a few different ways. The version I'm uploading here was my third edit. With this version, I decided to concentrate on bringing out detail in the nebula, and I wasn't shy about letting the green be a prominent part of the image.

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Pac-Man Nebula in SHO, Jonny Bravo

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