The Pacman nebula NGC 281

Fifty minute's worth of 5 minute exposures of the Pacman nebula NGC 281, through each of Ha OIII and SII OIII dualband filters. Captured by AstroDMx Capture through an Altair 60mm ED Starwave refractor with flattener/reducer. Processed in PixInsight, GraXpert, Gimp and Siril for creating the Gendler, Natural and ForaaX palettes using pixelmath.

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The equipment used

AstroDMx Capture gathering 5 minute RAW subs with the Ha-OIII filter

Negative preview

AstroDMx Capture gathering 5 minute RAW subs with the SII-OIII filter 

Negative preview

The Pacman nebula NGC 281

HOS palette

HSO palette

OHS palette

OSH palette

SHO palette

SOH palette

ForaaX palette

Gendler Palette

Natural Palette

SHO-ForaaX blend

SHO-Natural blend

Steve Wainwright and Nicola Mackin