To visible-light telescopes, the star-forming cloud (NGC 281) appears to be chomping through the cosmos, earning it the nickname the Pacman Nebula, like the famous Pac-Man video game that debuted in ...
The red dots sprinkled throughout the picture are thought to be the youngest stars, still forming in cocoons of dust. The Pacman nebula, also called NGC 281, is located 9,200 light-years away in the ...
Very near the W of Cassiopeia is an interesting Deep Space Object nicknamed the Pacman Nebula. It was discovered by Edward Emerson Barnard in 1883. Officially cataloged NGC281, this nebula is 9,200 ...