Published in Astronomie                                NGC 281, the Packman Nebula

NGC 281 is an emission nebula associated with an open star cluster in the constellation of Cassiopeia. It's name comes from the once-famous computer game of Pack Man, which featured a little round guy with an open mouth running around in a maze and gobbling up little dots. The nebula looks much like him with his mouth gaping open.

This image is a composite of two 90 minute exposures on Kodak PPF 400 taken with my 12.5" f/7 Newtonian telescope.

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