Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Draco (Dra)  ·  Contains:  IC 4677  ·  NGC 6543
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NGC 6543 Cat's Eye Nebula, Phil Montgomery
NGC 6543 Cat's Eye Nebula
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NGC 6543 Cat's Eye Nebula

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NGC 6543 Cat's Eye Nebula, Phil Montgomery
NGC 6543 Cat's Eye Nebula
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NGC 6543 Cat's Eye Nebula

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The Cat's Eye planetary nebula was one of my more difficult images to capture and process. It has a very high dynamic range from a low magnitude outer halo to the intense inner eye. The nebula’s extended halo has a diameter of approximately 5.8 arcminutes.

I ended up combining Ha, OIII, and SII in both 240s and 60s . All were taken from my driveway during the first two weeks in August 2019. I may redo this one next year with my ASI183mm cool for more detail.

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NGC 6543 Cat's Eye Nebula, Phil Montgomery

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ZWO ASI1600MM/QHY163M