NGC 281 · Emission nebula (H II region) · Cassiopeia

Pacman Nebula

Also known as IC 11 · LBN 616

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Type

Emission nebula (H II region)

Constellation

Cassiopeia

Position (J2000)

0h 52m 59s · +56° 37′ 19″

Discovered

by Edward Emerson Barnard in 1881

Pictures

1

Size

35′ × 30′

Distance

~9,800 ly

Best months

Sep–Nov

Catalogue data from OpenNGC by Mattia Verga, CC BY-SA 4.0. Distances, discoverers and common names from Wikidata, CC0.