Description: - This is a
wide field view of Emission Nebula NGC281, aka IC 11, Sharpless
2-184 and colloquially as "The PacMan Nebula" as it
resembles the protagonist creature from the Japanese video game
of the same name from the 1980's. It is approximately 40 arc
minutes across and 9.2kly (2.8kpc) distant from us. This image
is a combination of RGB and deeper Ha images which added more
detail.
Camera: SBIG STT-8300M @ -35C
Sensor Temperature
Filter: Baader RGB & 7nm
Ha
Scope: Astro-Physics 92
Stowaway with 92TCC yielding 488mm focal length at f/5.3
Guiding: SBIG FW8G
Exposure: 3 x 5 minutes each
colour of Blue, Green then Red followed by 10 x 15 minutes of Ha
for 285 minutes total exposure time.
Location: near Cluny, Alberta
under Bortle 4 skies (20.96mpsas towards target)
Date: 2023-10-07, at +10C and
66%Rh
Processed in PixInsight with RCAstro tools and SPCC.
