Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Draco (Dra)  ·  Contains:  IC 4677  ·  NGC 6543  ·  NGC 6552  ·  PK096+29.1
NGC 6543, Jan Scheers
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The Cat's Eye Nebula, also known as NGC 6543, is a planetary nebula in the northern constellation of Draco, about three thousand light-years from Earth.

This SHO-image mainly shows the nebula's surrounding halo.
The inner part is one of the most complex planetary nebulae in space.

Image acquired with the Officina Stellare ProRC 700 telescope and FLI PL16803 camera from Telescope Live in IC Astronomy Observatory, Oria, Spain.

Total integration time 360 minutes.
10 subs of 600s with each narrowband filter (SII, H-alpha and OIII).

Processing with Astro Pixel Processor, Photoshop CC with AstroPanel Pro, Astronomy Tools, Topaz Sharpen AI and Denoise Projects 3 plug-ins.

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NGC 6543, Jan Scheers