Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Draco (Dra)  ·  Contains:  IC 4677  ·  NGC 6543
NGC 6543 - The Cats Eye Nebula and NGC 6552, Steve Rosenow
NGC 6543 - The Cats Eye Nebula and NGC 6552
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NGC 6543 - The Cats Eye Nebula and NGC 6552

NGC 6543 - The Cats Eye Nebula and NGC 6552, Steve Rosenow
NGC 6543 - The Cats Eye Nebula and NGC 6552
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NGC 6543 - The Cats Eye Nebula and NGC 6552

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Capturing a ringed Seyfert 2-type galaxy situated 50 million light years away is a pretty big feeling of accomplishment. Especially since I didn't plan on it! My target was the planetary nebula to the right - known as NGC 6543 - or the Cats Eye Nebula.

The galaxy itself is NGC 6552. Unfortunately it doesn't have a name.

Captured with a Nikon D5100. 171 light frames @ 30 seconds / ISO2000, calibrated using 100 dark calibration frames and 59 flat frames. Stacked in Deep Sky Stacker and processed in Photoshop CS6 / Lightroom 5.5

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NGC 6543 - The Cats Eye Nebula and NGC 6552, Steve Rosenow