NGC 281 Pacman Nebula HOO (Eric Smith)

Celestial hemisphere: Northern · Constellation: Cassiopeia (Cas) · Contains: HD4647 · HD5005 · IC 1590 · LBN 615 · LBN 616 · LBN 621 · NGC 281 · Sh2-184

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NGC 281 Pacman Nebula HOO

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NGC 281 Pacman Nebula HOO

Imaged from Dome 1 at Los Coloraos, Gorafe, Spain.

A return to my original equipment I started with back in 2021. The ZWO ASI183MC camera was a compromise purchase because it was OK at deep sky and OK at planetary due to its small pixel size of 2.4 microns. Many people did not like the huge amount of amp glow, but it was easy to remove with good dark frames.

It turns out that this is also an ideal pixel scale for the telescope at 385mm. The issues I had with the setup in the past was related to not having a good mount and not having PixInsight to process my images. After re-visiting the equipment setup and seeing the results, I am very happy to keep using this setup as a portable rig. The telescope has been removed from the dome it was housed in August as a test rig to make way for an Esprit 100ED.

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RA (center)	00h52m12s.914
RA (top/left)	00h47m03s.270
RA (top/right)	00h57m19s.437
RA (bottom/right)	00h57m31s.610
RA (bottom/left)	00h46m57s.813

Dec (center)	+56°40′51″.20
Dec (top/left)	+56°10′22″.90
Dec (top/right)	+56°09′47″.23
Dec (bottom/right)	+57°10′25″.89
Dec (bottom/left)	+57°11′04″.70

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