| Object: | Pacman Nebula, NGC281 |
| Date: | Sept 16, 2003 |
| Equipment: | WO FLT110 at F/4.9, HX916 CCD, G11 mount, ST-4 autoguider |
| Exposure: | RGB
exposure, all channels binned 1x1. 80:10:30 minutes. No darks or flats. |
| Processing: | Photoshop. Green channel was enhanced by combining it with the blue channel. Synthetic luminance was constructed by combining R, G, and B. |
| Comments: | Click here to see the full resolution image Seeing was variable starting out at about 5"
FWHM and ending at about 3.9" at the end of the exposure. Half-moon
was in the sky for most of the exposure. Green channel exposure was
aborted because the computer ran out of disk space :-( |
| Description: | NGC281 is a diffused nebula located in the constellation of Cassiopeia. It is about 44 light years across and approximately 5,500 light years away from Earth. |
Copyright © 2003 Paul Kanevsky