NGC 281

NGC 281 is a star-forming cloud in Cassiopeia, nicknamed the Pac-Man Nebula for its appearance in visible light.

Pac-Man combined mega-stack, AstroWizard finish, showing the emission nebula, dark lanes and original star field. — 771 x 15s + 671 x 60s, 14h 23m 45s · Dexter B / Baffle Media

Codex-guided AstroWizard finish with native gradient correction, Light sharpening, GraXpert denoise, linked stretch, colour balance and restrained saturation; StackingWizard combination of five disjoint linear masters