Nebula 022 / 100
Pacman Nebula
NGC281
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At a glance
- Type
- Emission nebula (H II region)
- Constellation
- Cas
- Right ascension
- 0h 52m 59.3s
- Declination
- +56° 37′
- Angular size
- 35x30′
- Catalogue
- NGC0281
Located in Cassiopeia.
The outline on your card
A round emission cloud with a dark bite cut from one side, giving it a Pac-Man profile.
- Outline class
- Patchy
- Axis ratio
- 0.86 : 1
- Central source
- Embedded cluster
- Surface brightness
- Medium
- Recorded structure
- Dark lane · Cavity · Embedded stars
The card front carries no text by design: the glyph is drawn from this object's own silhouette, so the outline is the only clue you get until you scan it.
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