Exposures: 120 min of Ha; 150 min each OIII and SII (in 15 minute sub exposures) for a total of 7 hrs
Color mapped using the Hubble palette by assigning Ha to Green, OIII to blue, and SII to Red
FOV = 96 x 65 arc minutes
NGC 281 is an HII region that includes a young star cluster IC 1590. Surrounding gas is contributing to the formation of young, blue central stars. This process emits light in the hydrogen-alpha bandwidth abundant throughout this image. This region has prominent Bok Globules in the central portion of this image.
Located 9,500 light years away
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