Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Draco (Dra)  ·  Contains:  NGC 6552
NGC 6543, The Cats Eye Nebula, Caleb Melton
NGC 6543, The Cats Eye Nebula
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NGC 6543, The Cats Eye Nebula

NGC 6543, The Cats Eye Nebula, Caleb Melton
NGC 6543, The Cats Eye Nebula
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NGC 6543, The Cats Eye Nebula

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Description

I was supprised at how much detail I was able to get with only 4 hours of data.

Processing done with Pixinsight;

Followed LVA's stacking tutorial

DBE,

Histogram Stretch, Match the background of Ha and Oiii as best as possible

LRGB Combination, R-Ha, G-Oiii, B-Oiii

Color calibration,

Background Neutralization,

HDR Multiscale Transform,

Multiscale Linear Transform,

Curves stretch,

Curves saturation,

SCNR Green at 0.5,

ACDNR with lightness mask,

A few finishing touches in Adobe Photoshop

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NGC 6543, The Cats Eye Nebula, Caleb Melton

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