Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Cassiopeia (Cas)  ·  Contains:  IC 1590  ·  NGC 281
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NGC 281 -- Pacman Nebula -- SHO, Mike Mulcahy
NGC 281 -- Pacman Nebula -- SHO
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NGC 281 -- Pacman Nebula -- SHO

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NGC 281 -- Pacman Nebula -- SHO, Mike Mulcahy
NGC 281 -- Pacman Nebula -- SHO
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NGC 281 -- Pacman Nebula -- SHO

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S = 25 x 10 min bin 2x2 used for red
H = 25 x 10 min bin 2x2 used for green
O = 25 x 10 min bin 2x2 used for blue

Total integration:  12.5 hrs

The image was captured at 1.4 a-s/pix and then drizzled to .7 a-s/pix.  It was cropped but not down sampled.  Stars were removed with starXterminator and the nebula color toned using color masks in PI.  Stars were added back using pixel math and were unprocessed.  Final processing was done in PS with heavy use of camera raw.  Further color toning was done using Bob Franke's techniques using selective color.  Stars were slightly reduced using StarShrink and some selective sharpening was done.

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NGC 281 -- Pacman Nebula -- SHO, Mike Mulcahy

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