Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Cassiopeia (Cas)  ·  Contains:  IC 1590  ·  NGC 281  ·  Sh2-184
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NGC 281 Pacman Nebula, Elmiko
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NGC 281 Pacman Nebula

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NGC 281 Pacman Nebula, Elmiko
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NGC 281 Pacman Nebula

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NGC 281 is an HII region in the constellation Cassiopeia, nicknamed " Pacman Nebula" for the resemblance to the video game character. NGC 281 was discovered in August 1883 by E.E. Barnard, who described it as " a large faint nebula, very diffuse". It lies 10,000 light years away in the Perseus spiral arm of our galaxy.

I lost half of my L-eNhance subs because of smoke from California fires. Seeing 7/10

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