A field of stars with a vibrant yellow, orange, and pink cloud of gas in the center. It vaguely has the shape of Pacman, as in, it's round and with a large triangular notch like a pie slice

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   Mallory (malcircuit@pixelfed.social)'s status on Tuesday, 25-Nov-2025 12:46:48 JST Mallory
   This is the last big project in my backlog: NGC 281, a.k.a., the Pacman Nebula in HOS narrowband.
   
   For the uninitiated, HOS means:
   - Red = hydrogen
   - Green = oxygen
   - Blue = sulphur
   
   I decided to play off of the Pacman name and use a palette that gave the nebula a nice golden yellow color.
   
   Full resolution and technical details: https://app.astrobin.com/i/d916kq
   
   #astronomy #astrophotography