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Pacman Nebula

Pacman Nebula: Very close to the bright star Schedar in the constellation of Cassiopeia one finds a very faint nebula complex around an open cluster of young stars, NGC 281 or sometimes also called Pacman. If imaged with long exposures and narrow-band filters, thus using only very specific emission lines, the object displays a highly dramatic nebular landscape of great beauty. One discovers numerous "Pillars of Creation" where new stars are continously born, some of them still buried in their dusty shrouds

Object
Pacman Nebula
Catagory
Emission Line Images
Designation
NGC 281
Constellation
Cassiopeia
Optics
Vixen R200SS 8 Zoll, f/4 with Baader Coma Corrector
Camera
QHY8/ALccd 6c
Exposure
12 x 10min Astronomik H-alpha filter, 9 x 10min [OIII] filter, 5 x 10min [SII] filter, Maxim DL for image acqisition
Calibration
Flat field
Guiding
Meade DSI Pro II and TMB 80 as Guide Scope. Maxim DL as Guiding Software
Mount
Takahashi EM-11
Processing
ImagesPlus, Photoshop. Maxim DL for Color Combine. Color Coding R([SII]), G(H-alpha), B([OIII])
Location, Date
Eningen,Germany - 22+26+27 Aug 2008
Remark
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