Sh2 184 on 2024-09-08+09+10 THE PACMAN NEBULA

Plus an Optolong L Pro Light Pollution Filter.This photo was taken in Kyle, Texas, under Bortle 5.9 skies, through a 6-inch f/4 Telescope, on a Sky-Watcher EQ6-R mount, with a ZWO ASI533MC PRO color camera. The total image acquisition time is: 7 hrs 31 min 00 sec. The processing was done in PixInsight. [Full Size View] Full size files are very large and can take a minute to download. To zoom in or out on a computer, hold down the Ctrl key and use the scroll mouse button, or you can press the + or - key.

SH2-184, is also named NGC 281, and The Pacman Nebula. It is an emission nebula in the constellation Cassiopeia with an apparent diameter of about 40 arcminutes. The nebula is mainly ionized by the relatively young (only about 3.5 million years old) star cluster IC 1590, and primarily by the multiple star system HD 5005. The distance from the Packman Nebula to Earth is approximately 10,000 light years. The Pacman Nebula contains many Bok globules. These are dust concentrations undergoing a gravitational collapse which results in new stars. The Bok globules are the small dark nebulae. The main ionizing source HD 5005 is the bright star in the center. The large dark structure just below the center in the image is the star formation region NGC 281-W.

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