Observation by Karen Smith: NGC 6543 - Cats Eye Nebula

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Karen Smith

Observer

Karen Smith

Observed

2025 May 09 - 22:48

Uploaded

2025 Jun 01 - 12:33

Objects

The Cat's Eye Nebula (NGC6543)

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Constellation

Draco

Field centre

RA: 17^h58^m
Dec: +66°37'
Position angle: -141°05'

Field size

0°19' × 0°12'

Equipment

Meade 8" LX90 SCT telescope
ZWO ASI2600MC Pro camera
ZWO AM5n mount
ZWO OAG with ZWO ASI120mm mini for guiding
ZWO ASIAIR Plus
Optolong L-eXtreme filter

Exposure

147 x 180 second exposures plus 85 x 240 second exposures

Location

Midlands, United Kingdom

Target name

NGC 6543 - The Cats Eye Nebula

Title

NGC 6543 - Cats Eye Nebula

About this image

Taken from my back garden over a period of 5 nights, starting on 9th May and ending on 15th May 2025. I collected over 20 hours of data on this target, however, between the clouds, guiding issues and PixInsight rejecting several frames, the final image was made with only 13 hours of data. I was really happy I was able to capture the outer nebula though, especially considering a lot of the data was captured during bright moonlight :).

Files associated with this observation

NGC6543-catseye-crop.jpg (1.2 MB)

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