NGC 281 – PacMan Nebula
NGC 281 – PacMan Nebula

NGC 281 – PacMan Nebula

NGC 281 “PacMan Nebula “: Is a bright emission nebula located near to Cassiopeia constellation.
Deep inside lays IC 1590 a small open star cluster surrounded by a good nuber of bok globules.

NGC 281 – PacMan Nebula

Shooting data

– RGB + HA composition
– 18 480” HA frames at -10°C
– 19 300” RGB frames at -10°C
– 21 dark/bias/flat
– ASI 294MC pro camera
– Skywatcher AZEQ6
– Skywatcher 200/1000 PDS

Frames captured between 05th august 2019 and 06th august 2019.

Postproduction made with PixInsight for image stacking, Starnet++ to separate stars from nebula and Photoshop/Camera raw for the color balancing and noise reduction.

HiRes on Astrobin: https://www.astrobin.com/4u91zk/