Photo 1: Pacman Nebula (NGC 281)
Captured with a DWARF 3 smart telescope from Tennessee skies, this image reveals the Pacman Nebula’s glowing clouds of hydrogen and dark dust lanes devouring starlight like its pixelated namesake. The nebula sits about 9,200 light-years away in Cassiopeia and is a stellar nursery where new suns ignite amid cosmic chaos. The black "mouth" cutting through the red haze is a dense molecular cloud silhouetted against ionized gas—proof the universe has both beauty and bite.
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Photo 2: Triangulum Galaxy (M33)
Captured with a DWARF 2 telescope, this shot of the Triangulum Galaxy—our Local Group neighbor about 2.7 million light-years away—shows its faint spiral arms swirling through a sea of stars. The pale green glow reveals hydrogen regions where new stars are born, while the galaxy’s subtle rotation hints at its cosmic dance with the Andromeda and Milky Way galaxies. Even from our tiny vantage point, this spiral whispers: everything spins, everything changes, everything burns bright before fading.
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Another #nebula from this morning. #NGC281 #PacmanNebula. The s50 does amazing with the nebula for sure. #seestar #S50 #space #astronomy #amateur

Tried to get #NGC281 #PacmanNebula again. Not very successful compared to the last times I tried. Best observation to date was on July 20th. #unistellar #odysseypro #space #astronomy #amateur

Good Sunday morning. Been busy at work so not to much observation time right now. Not much to share from last week. Here are not so successful attempts at the #PacmanNebula again from last Monday. #unistellar #odysseypro #space #astronomy #amateur

Last image for this morning. #NGC281 #PacmanNebula . Noticed this area using a separate star gazing app. I think I found tomorrow morning’s astronomy target. #nebula #unistellar #odysseypro #space #astronomy #amateur

The Pacman Nebula
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NGC 281 is a large emission nebula in the constellation Cassiopeia. It is also known as the Pacman Nebula because of its resemblance to the video game character. The nebula is located about 9200 light-years from Earth and is part of the Perseus Spiral Arm of the Milky Way galaxy. In it’s center is an open cluster of young stars (IC 1590) that are responsible for the ionization of the surrounding gas, causing it to glow.

Scope: Askar 103APO
Lens: Askar 0.6x Reducer
Camera: Canon EOS 6Da
Filter: Antlia TriBand RGB Ultra
Mount: Skywatcher AZ-EQ5 GT
Guiding: Svbony SV165 Guide Scope with ZWO ASI 224MC
Controller: ZWO ASIAir Pro

Integration time: 4hrs 55min

Full version and print available at: https://adfr.io/astro/20241023_pacman

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