NGC 281 (SH2-184) / IC 1590 (Cr 8) Bright Nebula / Open Cluster in Cassiopeia
Located at: RA 00 hours 53 minutes 00 seconds, Dec +56 degrees 38 minutes 00 seconds
Size: 21' x 21' / 4.0'; Magnitude: -- / 7.4; Class: (Sharpless) 3 2 3 / n
North is up
West to the right
| Telescope: |
8" f5 Newtonian reflector |
| Camera: |
ST-8XME, self-guided, binned 1x1, temp -20c, camera control MaxIm DL 4.56 |
| Image: |
Red (Hoya 25A) filter, 340 minutes (34 x 10 minute subs), 11/15/16/2006 |
| Processing: |
CCDStack 1.1, Photoshop 7.0 |
| Location: |
Rolling Roof Observatory, Thousand Oaks, CA 91360 (+34d 13m 29s -118h 52m 20s) |
| Notes: | IC 1590 is the little open cluster centered on the bright star at the center of this image. The nebulosity of NGC 281 is also known as the 'Packman' nebula ... this is another object that would benefit from a narrowband Ha filter ... |