AP#6 : NGC 281
Name: The "Pacman nebula"
Constellation:Cassiopea
Instrument: 8-inch F5 reflector with Sky watcher coma corrector and a modified Nikon D3300
Exposure time:16 Five-minute exposures at ISO 800.
Star Chart from Michael Vlasov's Deep sky hunter star atlas available on line https://www.deepskywatch.com/deep-sky-hunter-atlas.html
Magnitude: 7.4
Angular size: 20' X 30'
NGC 281 is an emission nebula in Cassiopea that is commonly called the Pacman nebula because of its resemblence to the character in the popular video game from the 1980s. There is an open cluster (IC 1590) in the center of the nebula as well several Bok globules (Small dark nebula that are dense with dust/gas where stars can form).
