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NGC 281 the Pacman Nebula, Michael Hevey
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NGC 281 the Pacman Nebula

NGC 281 the Pacman Nebula, Michael Hevey
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NGC 281 the Pacman Nebula

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NGC 281, the Pacman Nebula in Cassiopeia is associated with open cluster IC 1590. The nebula lies approximately 9,200 light years away and occupies 35 arcminutes of the apparent sky. This image was a stack of 105 x 30s light frames that were calibrated with darks, flats, and dark flats before being integrated and processed in Pixinsight.

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NGC 281 the Pacman Nebula, Michael Hevey

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