
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 |
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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 |
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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 |