Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Draco (Dra)  ·  Contains:  Cat's Eye Nebula  ·  HD164963  ·  IC 4677  ·  NGC 6543  ·  NGC 6552
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NGC 6543, The Cat's Eye Nebula, Bob Rucker
NGC 6543, The Cat's Eye Nebula, Bob Rucker

NGC 6543, The Cat's Eye Nebula

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NGC 6543, The Cat's Eye Nebula, Bob Rucker
NGC 6543, The Cat's Eye Nebula, Bob Rucker

NGC 6543, The Cat's Eye Nebula

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This is the finale of my recent Cat's Eye Nebula project. My previous core image was blended into the long exposure Ha and Oiii along with 180 second RGB exposures. I used a lot of different masks to try and blend the resolved core into the long exposure HOO image. Afterwards, RGB stars were added to complete the image.

All in all, I was surprised at just how much detail the EdgeHD 8 was able to conjure up. I've never been happy with my previous attempts at this target due to the core being blown out. I'm happy with the outcome on this and walked away learning a lot of new processing techniques.

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NGC 6543, The Cat's Eye Nebula, Bob Rucker