Observation by Peter Tickner: - BAA Image Library

Observation by Peter Tickner:

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Peter Tickner

Observer

Peter Tickner

Observed

2019 Apr 19 - 23:00

Uploaded

2019 Apr 21 - 13:15

Objects

The Cat's Eye Nebula (NGC6543)

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Constellation

Draco

Field centre

RA: 17^h58^m
Dec: +66°37'
Position angle: -6°16'

Field size

0°11' × 0°09'

Equipment

Atik 460EX mono CCD
14inch LX200 SCT at f/10
EQ8 mount
Lodestar X2 off-axis guiding

Exposure

H Alpha 10x600s, 36x120s, 75x60s Oxygen III 12x300s, 45x120s, 50x60s Sulphur II 20x120s

Location

Urban Berkshire

Target name

NGC 6543

About this image

Imaged this tiny but bright nebula over a rare two consecutive clear nights on 19th and 20th April. Stacked longer exposures separately and then merged the combined short exposure images with the longer exposures to bring out the bright inner and faint outer parts of the nebula

Files associated with this observation

acCats Eye max-Edit_Detail st.png (1.7 MB)

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Graham Winstanley, Miguel Araújo, Jeremy Shears, Ray Emery, Andy Wilson, Nick Hewitt, Andrew Dumbleton, Mr Michael Alan Frost

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