NGC6543 Cat eye nebula- Astronomy and astrophotography CCD camera images



17/09/2005
Object name: NGC6543 Cat eye nebula
Popular name: Cat eye nebula
Object type: Planetary Nebula
Magnitude: 8.8
Size: 0.33 0
Position angle: 0
Classification: PN
Apparent RA: 17 58 33.4 Apparent Dec: +66 38 01
Constellation: Draco

After taking the spectrum of NGC 6543 I decided to try and image it with my 2x barlow lens. My scope does not perform well at this kind of focal length. I also had a lot of trouble colour balancing the object.

From the same night:
Wide shot
Spectrum

Captured in k3ccdtools, stacked in registax v3. Coregistered and balanced in IRIS. Combined and processed as LLLRGB in photoshop.

Exposure Details :

Red 50x1.8s on 200mm @ F5 with SC3.5
2x Barlow 673x3.2s on 200mm @ F5 with SC3.5
Green 50x1.2s on 200mm @ F5 with SC3.5
Blue 50x1.2s on 200mm @ F5 with SC3.5

Curdridge Observatory, Southampton,UK