NGC 281 – Pacman Nebula

NCG 281 is also known as The Pacman Nebula

Fun Facts

• Distance from Earth – 9,200 light-years away
• Location – found in the Cassiopeia Constellation
• What is it – Bright emission nebula
• Size – about 48 light-years across
• Discovered by Edward Emerson Barnard in August 1883

The image above is made up of 20 5-minute exposures and processed in PixInsight.

The moon was nearly full but low in the sky, but I think the Baader Contrast Booster filter did a lot of work here removing the sky glow.