Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Cassiopeia (Cas)  ·  Contains:  NGC 281  ·  The star ηCas
NGC 281 the PacMan nebula, Steve Coates
NGC 281 the PacMan nebula
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NGC 281 the PacMan nebula

NGC 281 the PacMan nebula, Steve Coates
NGC 281 the PacMan nebula
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NGC 281 the PacMan nebula

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Description

NGC 281 the Pac Man nebula

Emission nebula in the constellation of Cassiopeia

RGB data captured on October 29 and 31, 2011

H-Alpha data captured on November 1 and November 2, 2011

Ocala, FL

RGB data: Combination of 60 sec, 120 sec and 180 sec. exposure stacked in DSS for a total of 4 hour 7 min with 10 minute

H-Alpha data: 10 minute exposure stacked in DeepSkyStacker for a total of 2 hours and 10 min.

PhotoShop CS5

Orion 80mm EON

Orion 50mm guide scope with SSAG

Canon T1i (modified)

Losmandy G11 with Gemini II

Hutech IDAS Light Pollution Suppression (LPS) Filter

Astronomic 6nm H-Alpha clip filter for Canon EOS

Additional data adding detail to the inner nebula was accomplished using an Astro-Tech 8 inch Ritchey-Chretien telescope (Ha data) and Explore Scientific 127mm CF APO (RGB)

Imaging camera: QSI 683wsg-8

Ha data 3 hours

RGB data 40 min each Red, Green and Blue channel binned 2x2

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NGC 281 the PacMan nebula, Steve Coates