[AZ-Observing] NGC 281

I took this photo the night of September 23-24 but just yesterday found the 
time to process it.  
The overwhelming majority of recent photos of this object contain Hydrogen 
Alpha filtered luminance data to mute out the stars and enhance the nebulosity. 
 This photo is straight LRGB (unfiltered luminance, red, green and blue).

http://christensenastroimages.com/nebula/ngc281.htm

There's a lot going on in this area of star formation with some very large and 
powerful young stars powering the emission nebulosity.  Bok globules, pillars 
and other interesting things are visible in the photo.

This object is also known as the Pac Man nebula.



Regards,


Jon Christensen





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