NGC281, The Pacman Nebula with an OSC (David Payne)

Celestial hemisphere: Northern · Constellation: Cassiopeia (Cas) · Contains: HD236526 · HD236571 · HD236593 · HD4647 · HD5005 · HD5032 · IC 1590 · LBN 615 · LBN 616 · LBN 621 · NGC 281 · Sh2-184

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NGC281, The Pacman Nebula with an OSC

Revision title: Experimenting with Colours - Blending & GHS

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This image was planned as a test of my new IDAS NBZ dual narrowband filter married to an ASI2600MC camera.

I am fairly pleased with the combination - allowing much more nebulosity resolution than without and yet yields realistic colours on the stars. I am content that, although it doesn't yield the details that narrowband filters with a mono camera yield, it is also doesn't take as much imaging time. A very reasonable compromise.

Of course, it was globally stretched exclusively with the GHS script.

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Title: Experimenting with Colours - Blending & GHS

Description: I wanted to inject more colour into this dual narrowband image. A combination of minor colour blending and major colour manipulation with GHS. I did put back the standard PCC stars, but it was done rather quickly, so there are a few artifacts. Just for fun and exercise of my colour handling.

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RA (center)	00h52m40s.41
RA (top/left)	00h52m44s.44
RA (top/right)	01h00m50s.76
RA (bottom/right)	00h52m36s.59
RA (bottom/left)	00h44m41s.39

Dec (center)	+56°38′08″.6
Dec (top/left)	+55°25′39″.3
Dec (top/right)	+57°05′44″.5
Dec (bottom/right)	+57°50′45″.8
Dec (bottom/left)	+56°08′40″.0

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