Andy Dungan 10/9-17/26 Pacman Nebula NGC281 in Cassiopeia, 9200 ly

This is an SHO image of the Pacman Nebula. In this rendition it looks more like a Pacfish to me than Pacman, but hey that’s the way it works for space objects. Sometime you can really figure out where they name came from and other times you can’t.

Pics were taken between Oct 9 & 17.

Askar 120apo@840f7.5, 2600MM Pro g100. [4.9hrs total] R:20x300s G:20x300s B:19x300s
[11.25hrs total] Ha:45x300s O3:45x300s S2:45x300s+darks/biases/flats.
AM5/ASIair+, EAF, Askar OAG with ASI174mini for guiding

PixInsight, plus RC-Astro BXT, SXT, NXT, plus scripts by Cosmic Photons & Seti Astro

Developing SHO images is always a challenge for me. That’s because I am relatively new at it. And it is so much fun learning different techniques and processes. I am certainly doing that!