Date: Imaged 26 July 2019 (02:03 am)br/ Location: Halifax, NSbr/ Equipment: Orion 80mm f6 ED-triplet refractor/ ZWO ASI183MC CMOS camera with UV/IR cut and LP filters; prime focus, unguided; gain 320, 45 sec exposure/EQ6-R mount.br/ Processing: 429 subs, 30 darks, and 30 flats were captured as RAW16/FITS images. All images were debayered with PIPP. Debayered images were saved as TIF images, which were then stacked using DeepSkyStacker without any other adjustments to the stacked image. Photoshop CS2 was used to adjust levels, curves (stretching data), and color balance/saturation, as well as for noise reduction. Microsoft Photo was used to tweak clarity, contrast, highlights, shadows, and exposure of the final jpg image.br/ Comments: Located in the constellation Cassiopeia, NGC 281 is a bright emission nebula that resembles a classic video game character, hence its nickname. The centre of the nebula contains an open cluster, IC 1590.