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

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Cat's Eye Nebula, NGC 6543, mhtandy
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Cat's Eye Nebula, NGC 6543

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First light with my new Astro-Tech AT130 EDT scope. I'm not sure why I chose the most challenging object I've imaged so far to try out a new telescope, but I didn't realize just how difficult it would be until I started processing it. I had seen other posts and read about the very high dynamic range between the core and the outer regions, but didn't realize how intensely bright the core really is. I attempted to get some detail from the core by imaging a 2nd night using very short exposures - but that didn't seem to work out.

The good news: I think the telescope performed well based on how the stars look, and I only saw minimal star elongation around the corners in full-frame view.

This has been a nice challenge, but I'll be glad to move on to something else .

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Cat's Eye Nebula, NGC 6543, mhtandy

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Astro-tech AT130 EDT