Observation by David Davies: IC 1590

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David Davies

Observer

David Davies

Observed

2020 Oct 23 - 11:42

Uploaded

2020 Dec 02 - 12:50

Objects

IC1590

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Constellation

Cassiopeia

Field centre

RA: 00^h52^m
Dec: +56°35'
Position angle: +0°31'

Field size

0°12' × 0°09'

Equipment

200mm Ritchey-Chretien telescope
QSI 683 camera
Astrodon LRGB filters
Skywatcher EQ8 mount

Exposure

40 x 5-min luminance, 15 x 5-min RGB

Location

Cambridge, UK

Target name

IC 1590

Title

IC 1590

About this image

This is a close-up of the cluster of stars at the centre of the Pacman Nebula, including the hot, blue-white multiple stars at its heart. After processing in PixInsight, including photometric colour calibration of the star colours, I up-scaled this image x2, from the whole Pacman image, using Topaz Gigapixel and then adjusted the contrast to bring out the smaller details.

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Graham Winstanley, Mr Nicholas John Atkinson, Nick Hewitt

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