Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Cassiopeia (Cas)  ·  Contains:  IC 1590  ·  NGC 281
NGC281 (Pacman Nebula), Jeremy Jonkman
NGC281 (Pacman Nebula)
Powered byPixInsight

NGC281 (Pacman Nebula)

NGC281 (Pacman Nebula), Jeremy Jonkman
NGC281 (Pacman Nebula)
Powered byPixInsight

NGC281 (Pacman Nebula)

Equipment

Loading...

Acquisition details

Loading...

Description

This is the first complete image taken with my new Esprit 120. All I can say is this scope is amazing!

The Pacman Nebula is an emission nebula located in the constellation Cassiopeia. NGC 281 gets its name from the classic video game character it resembles.

NGC 281 is a rather diffuse emission nebula. It includes a small, yet noticeable open star cluster (IC 1590) and some really dynamic dust lanes. The prominent lane of dark dust cutting into this nebula creates the mouth.



Equipment:

Telescope - Sky-watcher Esprit 120

Imaging Camera- ZWO ASI 1600mm Pro Cool

Mount - Sky-watcher EQ6-R Pro



Software:

Sequence Generator Pro

Pixensight

Lightroom

Photoshop



Lights:

SII-70x600sec

HA- 60x600sec

Oiii-65x600sec

Red-20x90sec

Green-20x90sec

Blue-20x90sec

30 Darks

100 Bias

Total integration 34 Hours

Comments

Revisions

    NGC281 (Pacman Nebula), Jeremy Jonkman
    Original
  • Final
    NGC281 (Pacman Nebula), Jeremy Jonkman
    B

Sky plot

Sky plot

Histogram

NGC281 (Pacman Nebula), Jeremy Jonkman