NGC6543 - The Cat's Eye Nebula
| Object | Planetary Nebula, "The Cat's Eye Nebula", NGC6543, in Draco | |
| Telescope (Photo) | Celestron 11" EdgeHD @ f/7 on Losmandy G-11 Mount | |
| Telescope (Guiding) | Off-axis using ZWO OAG-Large with Celestron 11" EdgeHD OTA @ f/7 on Losmandy G-11 mount | |
| Camera (Photo) | ZWO ASI6200MM Pro full-frame monochrome CMOS Camera with ZWO 7 position 2" filter wheel, controlled by Sequence Generator Pro | |
| Camera (Guiding) | ZWO ASI174MM Mini w/PHD2 Guiding | |
| Exposure Detail |
Combination of: Nebula core: 20 luminance images binned 1x1 at 120 seconds each 16 each R/G/B images binned 2x2 at 60 seconds each; Main photo: 20 luminance images binned 1x1 at 300 seconds each 15 each R/G/B images binned 2x2 at 150 seconds each Calibrated with bias, dark, and flat frames; image processing w/PixInsight 1.8.9 Core and main photo combined and cropped in Corel PaintShop Pro 2023 |
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| Location | Quilted Starfields Observatory, Chiefland, FL (N29.406, W82.859) | |
| Date | 05/29/2024
(nebula core) 06/05/2024 (main photo) |