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Observations of the Pacman Nebula (NGC281)

Other names LBN 616

Object type HII region

RA 00h52m

Declination 56°37' N

Constellation Cassiopeia

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Pacman nebula (NGC 281...
Alun Halsey
Obs 2024 Oct 12 – 20:56 UTC
Upload 2024 Nov 19 – 15:07 UTC

6 
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NGC 281 Pacman
Alan Dowdell
Obs 2024 Sep 27 – 21:48 UTC
Upload 2024 Nov 06 – 17:04 UTC

2 
0 
Bright Nebula NGC 281
Iain Cartwright
Obs 2015 Sep 22 – 04:05 UTC
Upload 2024 Oct 29 – 19:42 UTC

2 
0 
Pacman Nebula
Royston Morgan
Obs 2024 Jul 20 – 23:01 UTC
Upload 2024 Oct 02 – 12:23 UTC

1 
0 
NGC281 Pacman Nebula
Nicholas Freeman
Obs 2024 Sep 05 – 07:25 UTC
Upload 2024 Sep 05 – 21:09 UTC

4 
0 
NGC 281 Pacman Nebula
Charles Graham Taylor
Obs 2024 Aug 28 – 22:39 UTC
Upload 2024 Aug 29 – 17:41 UTC

2 
0 
NGC 281 The Pacman Neb...
Ian Jarrett
Obs 2024 Jul 27 – 22:30 UTC
Upload 2024 Jul 28 – 12:14 UTC

2 
0 
NGC 281 W Pac-man nebu...
Carl Frederick Hansen
Obs 2023 Nov 14 – 23:30 UTC
Upload 2023 Nov 15 – 21:26 UTC

3 
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NGC 281 W Pac-Man nebu...
Carl Frederick Hansen
Obs 2023 Nov 11 – 01:00 UTC
Upload 2023 Nov 11 – 08:49 UTC

7 
0 
NGC281 - Pacman Nebula...
NORMAN GRAY
Obs 2023 Oct 07 – 23:00 UTC
Upload 2023 Oct 21 – 20:12 UTC

3 
0 
Pacman Nebula NB
Simon Paul Davis
Obs 2023 Oct 14 – 21:30 UTC
Upload 2023 Oct 19 – 14:23 UTC

3 
0 
Bok globules in NGC 28...
Mattia Piccoli
Obs 2023 Oct 17 – 17:40 UTC
Upload 2023 Oct 18 – 19:43 UTC

4 
0 
NGC 281
Mattia Piccoli
Obs 2023 Aug 21 – 22:37 UTC
Upload 2023 Aug 25 – 10:35 UTC

5 
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NGC 281 (Pacman Nebula...
Alun Halsey
Obs 2023 Aug 20 – 21:20 UTC
Upload 2023 Aug 21 – 10:09 UTC

5 
0 
NGC 281 – the Pa...
Martina McGovern
Obs 2022 Nov 04 – 19:00 UTC
Upload 2023 Jan 06 – 23:18 UTC

1 
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NGC281 Emission Nebula...
Alan Thomas
Obs 2022 Oct 16 – 05:53 UTC
Upload 2022 Oct 24 – 14:51 UTC

2 
0 
The Pacman Nebula
Jonathon Elliott
Obs 2022 Sep 29 – 21:00 UTC
Upload 2022 Sep 30 – 19:22 UTC

4 
0 
NGC_281
Mr Andrew Jeffries
Obs 2022 Aug 25 – 00:36 UTC
Upload 2022 Aug 26 – 19:41 UTC

2 
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Pacman Nebula
Mazin Younis
Obs 2021 Dec 03 – 21:30 UTC
Upload 2022 Jan 20 – 13:57 UTC

3 
0 
Pacman nebula
Mike Greenhill-Hooper
Obs 2021 Oct 07 – 21:00 UTC
Upload 2021 Nov 28 – 15:35 UTC

4 
0 
Pacman Nebula - NGC 28...
Kevin Gurney
Obs 2021 Sep 21
Upload 2021 Oct 04 – 08:20 UTC

2 
0 
NGC281 - Pacman Nebula
Brad Thomas
Obs 2021 Jul 16
Upload 2021 Jul 18 – 08:19 UTC

4 
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NGC 281 Pacman Nebula
Neil Webster
Obs 2020 Sep 11 – 22:00 UTC
Upload 2020 Dec 17 – 09:31 UTC

3 
0 
NGC 281, The Pacman Ne...
David Davies
Obs 2020 Nov 24 – 11:43 UTC
Upload 2020 Dec 02 – 12:42 UTC

6 
0 
NGC281 Pacman SHO
Graham Roberts
Obs 2020 Aug 26 – 21:15 UTC
Upload 2020 Oct 25 – 14:39 UTC

8 
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NGC 281
Mr John William Hughes
Obs 2020 Sep 23 – 20:00 UTC
Upload 2020 Sep 23 – 21:02 UTC

3 
0 
NGC 281 The Pacman neb...
Ian Papworth
Obs 2020 Sep 19 – 08:36 UTC
Upload 2020 Sep 19 – 08:38 UTC

8 
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IC1590 Pacman Nebula
Mr Simon Francis Dawes
Obs 2020 Sep 12 – 23:00 UTC
Upload 2020 Sep 18 – 10:59 UTC

8 
0 
NGC 281 - Pacman Nebul...
Brad Thomas
Obs 2020 Sep 13 – 23:30 UTC
Upload 2020 Sep 14 – 10:39 UTC

10 
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Fire in the sky
Dean Ashton
Obs 2020 Aug 30 – 21:00 UTC
Upload 2020 Sep 01 – 16:33 UTC

8 
0 
NGC 281 - Pacman Nebul...
Brad Thomas
Obs 2020 Aug 31 – 23:30 UTC
Upload 2020 Sep 01 – 09:30 UTC

22 
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NGC 281 Pacman nebula ...
Graham Winstanley
Obs 2020 Feb 06
Upload 2020 Feb 13 – 20:08 UTC

8 
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NGC 281 Pacman Nebula ...
Graham Roberts
Obs 2019 Aug 26 – 21:15 UTC
Upload 2019 Sep 14 – 18:17 UTC

8 
0 
The Pacman Nebula
Ian Papworth
Obs 2019 Aug 25 – 14:16 UTC
Upload 2019 Aug 26 – 14:18 UTC

7 
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NGC 281 Pacman Nebula
Nik Szymanek
Obs 2014 Oct 08 – 20:57 UTC
Upload 2019 Feb 18 – 13:38 UTC

5 
0 
NGC281 (Pacman Nebula)
Ian Rothwell
Obs 2019 Jan 08 – 22:34 UTC
Upload 2019 Jan 09 – 16:39 UTC

11 
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NGC 281 Pacman Nebula
Matthew Small
Obs 2018 Sep 27 – 12:25 UTC
Upload 2018 Nov 07 – 13:28 UTC

6 
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NGC281 - My first two ...
Dean Ashton
Obs 2017 Sep 17 – 21:40 UTC
Upload 2018 Mar 21 – 22:31 UTC

12 
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Pacman Nebula Cassiope...
Ray Emery
Obs 2018 Jan 20 – 19:00 UTC
Upload 2018 Jan 21 – 12:02 UTC

14 
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NGC 281 Pac Man Nebula
Peter Carson
Obs 2013 Dec 05 – 21:30 UTC
Upload 2017 Dec 04 – 18:49 UTC
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