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$NGC 6543 - Cat's Eye Nebula A structurally very complex planetary nebula about 3000 light-years from Earth in the constellation Draco. In large-telescope images it has the appearance of a cat's eye, but in my 5" refractor it appears simply as a bright blue star with a halo. The small spiral galaxy off to the left is probably NGC 6552.$

NGC 6543 - Cat's Eye Nebula

A structurally very complex planetary nebula about 3000 light-years from Earth in the constellation Draco. In large-telescope images it has the appearance of a cat's eye, but in my 5" refractor it appears simply as a bright blue star with a halo. The small spiral galaxy off to the left is probably NGC 6552.

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Filename:	NGC6543-20160604.jpg
Album name:	27telp / Nebulae
Location and Date:	OCA Site at Anza, California, 6/5/2016
Equipment:	William Optics FLT-132 scope, QSI 583wsg CCD camera, Astro-Physics 1200 GTO mount, QHY 5L-II guide camera
Settings:	Luminance - 9 exposures @ 300 seconds, binned 1x1; Red, Green, Blue - 9 exposures each @360 seconds, binned 2x2
Notes:	Captured using MaxIm DL v5, processed using CCDStack2 and Photoshop CS4
Filesize:	1227 KiB
Date added:	Feb 04, 2021
Dimensions:	1486 x 1153 pixels
Displayed:	247 times
Color Space:	Uncalibrated
EXIF Offset:	518
EXIF Version:	version 2.31
Image Description:	A structurally very complex planetary nebula about 3000 light-years from Earth; in large-telescope images it has the appearance of a cat's eye, but in my 5" refractor it appears simply as a bright blue star with a halo. The small spiral galaxy off to the left is probably NGC 6552.
Resolution Unit:	Inch
Software:	Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Classic 8.3.1 (Windows)
X Resolution:	240 dots per ResolutionUnit
Y Resolution:	240 dots per ResolutionUnit
IPTC Title:	NGC 6543 - The Cat's Eye Nebula
IPTC Copyright:	J. L. Floyd
URL:	http://www.slithergadee.net/coppergallery/displayimage.php?pid=1258
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NGC 6543 - Cat's Eye Nebula