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Cats Eye Nebula
The
Cat’s Eye Nebula
(also known as
NGC 6543
and
Caldwell
6
) is a
planetary nebula
in the northern constellation of
Draco
, discovered by
William Herschel
on February 15, 1786.
Imaged in my Desert Astro observatory with a Planewave CDK17, Paramount MEII, ZWOASI2600 MC Pro Duo. Unguided for 2 hours on 9/30/24
. Processed with Pixinsight EZ Sui
te