Colorful nebulae in Cassiopeia. The Pacman Nebula at bottom, with IC 59 and IC 63 at top.

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A pair of colourful nebulae in Cassiopeia. The Pacman Nebula, NGC 281, is at bottom near the stars Alpha Cassiopeiae, aka Schedar (or Schedir) at right, and eta Cas, aka Achird (above NGC 281). At top are the largely blue or magenta reflection nebulae IC 59 and IC 63 adjacent to the blue star Gamma Cassiopeiae, aka Navi. The tiny blue dot of the planetary nebula Abell 2 is just right of Achird. North is at top in the porttrait format image.

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