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ngc6543 (Cat's Eye Nebula)
Object Notes:
  • Constellation: Draco
  • Location: RA: 17h 58m 35.9s Dec: +66d 38' 00" Epoch 2000
  • Size: 22 x 16 arc-seconds
  • Magnitude: 8.3
  • Type: Planetary Nebula
  • AKA: PK 96+29.1
Instrument:
Ritchey-Chretien 32" Telescope
Focal Ratio:
f7.2 (prime focus)
Camera:
SBIG STL-11000 CCD camera
(See product review in July, 2004 issue of Sky & Telescope magazine.)
Exposure:
16 x 1 minutes Luminance unbinned
8 x 1 minutes each R/G/B, all binned 3x3
Guiding:
Off-Axis with STV Autoguider (Santa Barbara Instrument Group)
(See product review in May, 2003 issue of Astronomy magazine.)
See Photo/Guiding Equipment.
Date:
9/07/04
Post Processing:
CCDSoft, CCDSharp, MaxIM DL, Photoshop CS