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NGC 281 - Pacman Nebula, Pavle Culum
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NGC 281 - Pacman Nebula

NGC 281 - Pacman Nebula, Pavle Culum
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NGC 281 - Pacman Nebula

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This was a bit of a rushed job to be honest. Most of the data came from full moon-lit skies, and the very last night i used a small 2 hour window in between clouds to add up to the 10 hrs i was aiming for. A new scope is in the mail and i will be tinkering with it for the foreseeable future - didn't want to leave this project unfinished.

I was also very conservative in terms of noise reduction this time around. The goal was to see whether less really is more, and if i can preserve some of the finer detail in the nebula as a result of. From my perspective, i would say that it worked very well, and i will aim to be a lot less aggressive in noise reduction going forward and instead focus on longer integration times as a mechanism to fight noise.

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NGC 281 - Pacman Nebula, Pavle Culum