NGC 6543 - Cat's eye nebula
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Type Location r.a. dec. Size Magnitude Distance
Planetary Nebula Draco 17h58.6 +66°38' 18" 9 3.3 Kly

The Cat's Eye Nebula or NGC 6543, is a planetary nebula in the constellation of Draco, at a distance of about 3,300 light-years.
The central star is magnitude 11.4

NGC 6543, cat's eye nebula

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Date Telescope Binning Exp Time (s) Special processing Notes
Sept 1, 2002 Centurion
18"
L 1:1
RGB 3:1
L 3x300
RGB 300
Virtual Pixel, LRGB, Max Entropy, DDP Image = .35" / pixel