Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Draco (Dra)  ·  Contains:  Cat's Eye Nebula  ·  HD164963  ·  IC 4677  ·  NGC 6543
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The Cat's Eye, Jeremy Likness
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The Cat's Eye

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The Cat's Eye

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This is one of the most challenging targets I've ever worked on and there is still a LOT of room for improvement. After the first two nights of 5-minute exposures I went another night with 10-minute exposures. What you see is 13 hours of total exposure and I had to suppress the core when stretching to maintain the details of the eye. This is NGC6543, the Cat's Eye Nebula.

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The Cat's Eye, Jeremy Likness