NGC281 - The Pacman Nebula in SHO taken with my Meade 10" ACF SCT and ASI6200MM-PRO camera. Comments, questions and critique are always welcome.
From Wikipedia:
NGC 281,
IC 11 or
Sh2-184 is a bright
emission nebula and part of an
H II region in the northern constellation of
Cassiopeia and is part of the
Milky Way's
Perseus Spiral Arm. This 20×30
arcmin sized nebulosity is also associated with
open clusterIC 1590, several
Bok globules and the multiple star, B 1. It collectively forms Sh2-184, spanning over a larger area of 40 arcmin. A recent distance from radio
parallaxes of water
masers at 22
GHz made during 2014 is estimated it lies 2.82±0.20 kpc. (9200 ly.) from us. Colloquially, NGC 281 is also known as the
Pacman Nebula for its resemblance to the
video game character.
IC 1590 is an
open cluster located in the nebulosity of
NGC 281. 279 stars with
magnitudes less than or equal to 17 are visible within or near the cluster. The cluster is estimated to be 3.5 million years old, making it relatively young compared to other
star systems. Inside the cluster is a multiple-star system that emits light which helps give the dust in NGC 281 its glow.
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