Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Draco (Dra)  ·  Contains:  IC 4677  ·  NGC 6543  ·  NGC 6552  ·  PK096+29.1
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NGC6543 - Cat's Eye Nebula, pete_xl
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NGC6543 - Cat's Eye Nebula

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NGC6543 - Cat's Eye Nebula

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The Cat's Eye Nebula is a planetary nebula in the Constellation Draco. The outer shell is built mostly from ionized OIII gas with minor attributes of hydrogen gas. The inner core is very bright but shows some interesting structures.

The image is a combination of narrowband images for the shell and RGB images for the core and the stars.

TS 130/910 mm apo refractor and ZWO ASI1600mmp.

Baader Ha

57 x 300s gain 139

Baader OIII

59 x 300s gain 139

Baader RGB filters 36 mm gain 76

26 x 60s red

20 x 60s green

26 x 60s blue

Starnet++, APP and PS CC2019

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NGC6543 - Cat's Eye Nebula, pete_xl

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