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The PacMan Nebula
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The PacMan Nebula
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NGC 281 is a busy workshop of star formation. Prominent features include a small open cluster of stars, a diffuse red-glowing emission nebula,
large lanes of obscuring gas and dust, and dense knots of dust and gas in which stars may still be forming... More informations are available at the APOD:2003 April 7 webpage |
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| Optics |
130 mm f/6.4 Astro-Physics EDF Refractor |
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Astro-Physics AP 900GTO. |
| Camera | SBIG ST-10XE. |
| Filters | SBIG CFW8A.With Astrodon LRGB Ha filters |
| Focuser | Robofocus focuser and Focusmax software |
| Dates | September 2006. |
| Location | Lentin Observatory |
| Exposure | L+Ha: R+HaGB = L:38mn,Ha:180mn,bin1;R:63,G:57,B:75 minutes.bin2. Scale 1.69^s/pixel |
| Acquisition | Image data acquired remotely using ACP4 Observatory control software., MaxIm DL 4 |
| Processing | MaxIm DL 4, Photoshop CS2, Registar, |
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