Ms. Pac-Man (NGC 281) (Arun H)

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

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Ms. Pac-Man (NGC 281)

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Ms. Pac-Man (NGC 281)

NGC 281, aka the Pac-Man Nebula, is an emission nebula located in the constellation of Cassiopeia. Of note in this nebula are several "Bok globules" - small dark nebulae containing gas and dust where stars are being formed. This nebula is roughly 20 x 30 arc minutes, or about the size of a full moon.

Many people are no doubt familiar with the arcade game Ms. Pac-Man from which the name of this nebula is derived. I never played this game at an arcade, but my parents did buy me an 8 bit ZX Spectrum computer in high school (the rough equivalent of a Commodore 64) and Ms. Pac-Man was one of my favorite games to play. This was imaged across five nights in late August/early September.

This is a narrow band image rendered in the straight Hubble palette - hydrogen is mapped to green, sulfur to red, and oxygen emissions to blue, with color adjustments to reduce the strength of the dominant green.

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RA (center)	00h52m42s.48
RA (top/left)	00h59m35s.40
RA (top/right)	00h45m49s.60
RA (bottom/right)	00h46m05s.33
RA (bottom/left)	00h59m20s.54

Dec (center)	+56°40′25″.7
Dec (top/left)	+57°22′18″.3
Dec (top/right)	+57°22′07″.8
Dec (bottom/right)	+55°57′10″.6
Dec (bottom/left)	+55°57′20″.1

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