ngc281 the pacman

[Pid]

well after another clear sky last night  I was out early and set up to make the most of it deciding to shoot a target in the well known constellation Cassiopeia  called the pacman nebula is a bright emission nebula and is about 9,600 light years away. 
shot with skywatcher 130pds scope 9x50 guide scope and asi 120mc guide camera all mounted on a heq5 skywatcher equatorial mount and shooting with a canon 450d astro modded camera using a uhc filter in my back garden .
2 hours and 45 mins of data .

again comments welcome I have used a star mask for the first time after last image seemed to loose some star colour so anymore advice hints tips or even critics will be taken on board 

PS this is a jpeg of image 

 

thanks stuart

[paul mc c]

Would love to get an image like that.....what did you use for processing.

[peter shah]

Beautiful shot

[Pid]

Hi thanks I used photoshop to edit this photo