Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Cassiopeia (Cas)  ·  Contains:  IC 1590  ·  NGC 281  ·  PGC 137305  ·  PGC 137312  ·  PGC 137314
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NGC 281 Pacman Nebula, Denis Dumas
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NGC 281 Pacman Nebula

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NGC 281 Pacman Nebula, Denis Dumas
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NGC 281 Pacman Nebula

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Cold night (-11C) with a bright moon (77%), and I forgot to turn on my PEC playback so PHD2 was working overtime and my stars are blurred.

Seeing was poor to average later in the night, with average transparency.

I adjusted my collimation for this image and that helps, but my star shapes around the edges of the field are still off, so need to keep adjusting my backfocus.

I also added my 2x Barlow lens to my guide scope to go from a 240 mm scope to somewhere near 480 mm - still need to adjust this but it works well.

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NGC 281 Pacman Nebula, Denis Dumas