NGC 281; aka Pacman nebula (Hybrid SHO "look") (Dev (Dave) Prana)

Celestial hemisphere: Northern · Constellation: Cassiopeia (Cas) · Contains: HD236571 · HD4647 · HD5005 · HD5032 · HD5396 · HD5430 · IC 1590 · LBN 611 · LBN 615 · LBN 616 · LBN 621 · NGC 281 · Sh2-184

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NGC 281; aka Pacman nebula (Hybrid SHO "look")

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NGC 281; aka Pacman nebula (Hybrid SHO "look")

Pacman Nebula, aka NGC281, IC 11 or sh2-184 is located 6,500 lightyears from Earth and bears an uncanny resemblance to the iconic video game character. This 20×30 arcmin sized nebulosity is also associated with open cluster IC 1590.
I was fortunate enough to have 4 back to back clear nights this week, to collect good data on several targets. Integrated, processed and post processed in Pixinsight and touched up in Paintshop pro for clarity and vibrancy. Total of 2.15 hours of data, span over 2 nights:
32 x 240sec light subs (L Extreme filter)
30 x 240sec darks
30 dark flats
30 auto flats
Equipment used: SW ED100 esprit Triplet Apo on HEQ5 Pro mount with ZWO 294MC Pro main cam and ZWO 120mini guidecam, 60mm guidescope, ASI Air plus, Optolong L enhance & L extreme filters, ZWO EAF, Bathinov mask, dew heater straps and powered by two Jackery packs. This is the Stars De-emphasized and Stars-less Hybrid SHO "look", using new experimental workflow, testing and tricks. Hope you guys like this final result as much as we do.

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Status	Advanced success
Started	...
Astrometry.net job	6458348
PixInsight job	D40C3VAKJ2X5TWLCL0W2704GDKM04Y3R
PixInsight queue size	n/a
PixInsight stage	TASK_LOG

RA (center)	00h53m01s.93
RA (top/left)	00h58m00s.89
RA (top/right)	00h57m50s.91
RA (bottom/right)	00h47m46s.99
RA (bottom/left)	00h48m28s.37

Dec (center)	+56°37′43″.8
Dec (top/left)	+55°39′12″.8
Dec (top/right)	+57°37′57″.3
Dec (bottom/right)	+57°35′31″.2
Dec (bottom/left)	+55°36′53″.4

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