Pacman Nebula NGC281

Rancho Del Sol Observatory · Camino, California

Pacman Nebula NGC281 by Ken Crawford

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Image Equipment Details

  • RCOS 20" carbon truss - 100mm FFC
  • Paramount ME
  • Apogee Alta u16m
  • SBIG ST402 Guider
  • Astrodon MegaMoag
  • Astrodon 50mm Sq Filters

Exposure Details

  • Clear/ Lum = 0 minutes
  • Red = 80 minutes
  • Green = 80 minutes
  • Blue = 80 minutes
  • Ha 5nm = 480 minutes
  • OIII 3nm. = 480 minutes
  • SII 5nm = 360 minutes

Software Used

  • MaxDL 5
  • CCDAutopilot 4
  • CCDStack2
  • Photoshop CC

About this image


NGC281 also known as the Pacman nebula. The young, massive stars that are powering the nebulas glow are part of a cluster cataloged as IC 1590. The dense dust formations that are seen below are called Bok Globules and are seen as silhouettes.

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This is a two frame mosaic using narrowband filters for Hydrogen - OIII - SII and RGB data for star colors.

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