Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Draco (Dra)  ·  Contains:  IC 4677  ·  NGC 6543  ·  NGC 6552
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NGC 6543 (Cat's Eye Nebula) -- Multiband -- Nikon D5300 & Zenithstar 61II, Nick Large
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NGC 6543 (Cat's Eye Nebula) -- Multiband -- Nikon D5300 & Zenithstar 61II

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NGC 6543 (Cat's Eye Nebula) -- Multiband -- Nikon D5300 & Zenithstar 61II, Nick Large
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NGC 6543 (Cat's Eye Nebula) -- Multiband -- Nikon D5300 & Zenithstar 61II

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After 3 months without imaging a DSO (been traveling), I wanted to challenge myself. So I decided to pick up this tiny faint nebula, which I had never imaged before.

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  • NGC 6543 (Cat's Eye Nebula) -- Multiband -- Nikon D5300 & Zenithstar 61II, Nick Large
    Original
  • NGC 6543 (Cat's Eye Nebula) -- Multiband -- Nikon D5300 & Zenithstar 61II, Nick Large
    B
  • NGC 6543 (Cat's Eye Nebula) -- Multiband -- Nikon D5300 & Zenithstar 61II, Nick Large
    C
  • Final
    NGC 6543 (Cat's Eye Nebula) -- Multiband -- Nikon D5300 & Zenithstar 61II, Nick Large
    D

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Title: More data added

Description: I added more than 10h of data to the previous image.
I've also tried to process the image a bit less aggressively, which gives an image which is much cleaner but unfortunately with less details.

This target is REALLY Challenging!

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C

Title: Reprocessed in PixInsight

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NGC 6543 (Cat's Eye Nebula) -- Multiband -- Nikon D5300 & Zenithstar 61II, Nick Large