Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Cassiopeia (Cas)  ·  Contains:  NGC 281
NGC 281 - Pacman Nebula, Victor Van Puyenbroeck
NGC 281 - Pacman Nebula
Powered byPixInsight
NGC 281 - Pacman Nebula, Victor Van Puyenbroeck
NGC 281 - Pacman Nebula
Powered byPixInsight

Equipment

Loading...

Acquisition details

Loading...

Description

This is my version of the iconic deep sky object NGC 281, as seen through a small telescope and 2 narrow band filters.

My favorite part of this nebula is probably the structure of several tiny dark bok globules and the subtle pillar-like shapes in the nebulosity that were carved out by stellar winds from the central cluster IC 1590.

Comments

Revisions

  • NGC 281 - Pacman Nebula, Victor Van Puyenbroeck
    Original
  • NGC 281 - Pacman Nebula, Victor Van Puyenbroeck
    B
  • Final
    NGC 281 - Pacman Nebula, Victor Van Puyenbroeck
    C

B

Description: Crop to show detail (native image scale)

Uploaded: ...

C

Description: Increased color saturation and reduced stars

Uploaded: ...

Sky plot

Sky plot

Histogram

NGC 281 - Pacman Nebula, Victor Van Puyenbroeck