NGC281

“Pacman Nebula”

Constellation- Cassiopeia

Right Ascension: 00h  52m 59 s

Declination: 56° 37' 19"

Distance:  9500 light years

Visual Brightness: mag 7.4

Apparent Dimension:   35 arc minutes

Image information-

Date taken-

Telescope/Focal length/Camera/Temperature- C11 OTA @ f/6.8, ST-8XE NABG @ -20C, autoguided with PHD 2.5 or internal guide chip

Integrations-  LRGB, L = 13 x 600 seconds binned 1x1, RGB = 6 x600 seconds each binned 2x2

Processing- Flats and darks in CCDSoft, aligned, combined, and processed  in CCDSoft and Photoshop CS5