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Pacman Nebula (NGC 281), Petr Páta
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Pacman Nebula (NGC 281)

Pacman Nebula (NGC 281), Petr Páta
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Pacman Nebula (NGC 281)

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The Pacman Nebula (NGC 281) is one of the most popular targets from the northern autumn sky. This bright nebula is a part of the HII region of the Milky Way. Due this target is often captured by the narrow band filters. 

I used a William Fluorostar 132 mm telescope equipped with a ZWO camera with narrow-band Optolong filters and Skywatcher EQ 6 mount. Images were processed in the Pixinisight using BlurXTerminator, NoiseXTerminator, and artificial luminance channel. Final stretching was done by GeneralizedHyperpbolicStretch.

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Pacman Nebula (NGC 281), Petr Páta