Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Cassiopeia (Cas)  ·  Contains:  IC 1590  ·  NGC 281
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NGC  281 Pacman Nebula, Pete Bouras
NGC  281 Pacman Nebula
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NGC 281 Pacman Nebula

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NGC  281 Pacman Nebula, Pete Bouras
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NGC 281 Pacman Nebula

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NGC 281, the Pac-Man Nebula is an emission nebula in the constellation Cassiopeia about 9,500 light-years from Earth. Young star cluster IC 1590, as well as several dense, dark clouds of cosmic dust called bok globules, call the Pac-Man Nebula home.

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  • NGC  281 Pacman Nebula, Pete Bouras
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Description: redid noise reduction with Denoise AI. Could not get the bright star halos to look very good , so I eliminated most of them, not ideal, but lesser of two evils?

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Description: work on stars and improving contrast a bit

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NGC  281 Pacman Nebula, Pete Bouras

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