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NGC 281 - The Pacman Nebula

Telescope Equipment:
Mount – Celestron CGEM DX
Lens – Orion ED80T CF
Guider- Orion StarShoot Autoguider
Filter – Optolong L-Pro
Imaging Camera:
ZWO ASI533MC Pro
Image Details:
Light: 51x240s
Dark: 30x240s
Flat: 30×0.75s (25,000 ADU ±5%)
Dark-Flat – 30×0.75s
Software:
Astro Photography Tools (APT) – PhD2 – image capture
Siril 0.99 – Pre-Processing, Stacking, Stretching
Starnett ++ (to separate nebula from stars)
Post Processing – Adobe Photoshop CC,
Astronomy Tools Action Set for Photoshop
Image Capture Date:
August 4, 2021
Taken at the When Pigs Can Fly Observatory