Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Draco (Dra)  ·  Contains:  IC 4677  ·  NGC 6543  ·  NGC 6552  ·  PGC 2688666  ·  PGC 2688995  ·  PGC 2689421  ·  PGC 2690715  ·  PK096+29.1  ·  TYC4212-1100-1  ·  TYC4212-20-1  ·  TYC4212-372-1  ·  TYC4213-1049-1  ·  TYC4213-617-1
The Cat's Eye Nebula - NGC 6543, Corey Rueckheim
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The Cat's Eye Nebula - NGC 6543

The Cat's Eye Nebula - NGC 6543, Corey Rueckheim
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The Cat's Eye Nebula - NGC 6543

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Instead of the typical exposures of tens of seconds for deep sky objects, I used exposures of only half a second in order to try to see some detail in the core of the nebula. I have little idea how to color balance image (I'm just a rookie), so I just doubled the red and blue channel contributions because of the doubling of green in the Bayer matrix, and am pleased with the results as it closely matches the color in an image by Adam Block. The galaxy NGC 6552 is just barely visible in the left side of the image.

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The Cat's Eye Nebula - NGC 6543, Corey Rueckheim

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