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NGC 6543 Cat's Eye Nebula

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NGC 6543   Cat's Eye NebulaIC 4677NGC 6543NGC 6552
Resolution:
4208x3616 px
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2328 KB

Photo description / processing

A very faint object for my light-polluted skies, and an extremely bright core — no matter how hard I tried, I couldn't pull anything out of the center; it's overexposed, and if I shoot with short exposures, nothing is visible at all. This probably needs lucky imaging. Anyway, I spent 3 nights on it and discarded the short exposures.

Technical information

Telescope/Lens
Прямофокусник 300/996 "Изд.No3"
Camera
ToupTek ATR2600M
Mount
МТ-120
Guide Scope
Kenko ED 60/400
Guide Camera
T7M
Accessories
Sharpstar 0.95x MPCC
Software
N.I.N.A., Pixinsight, Adobe Photoshop
Location
Екатеринбург, район озера Глухое., Россия

Light pollution

Orange, Bortle 6 zone

Date taken

Exposure

  • 47 × 300″ · ISO/Gain: 177 · Ha - scorpio astro 3nm ·
  • 51 × 300″ · ISO/Gain: 177 · Oiii - scorpio astro 3nm ·
  • 30 × 30″ · ISO/Gain: 177 · Touptek B ·
  • 30 × 30″ · ISO/Gain: 177 · Touptek G ·
  • 30 × 30″ · ISO/Gain: 177 · Touptek R ·

Total exposure: 8 h 55 m

Comments

Ryjov Aleksey
I have the same thing, Oleg. I couldn't pull anything out of the center—either overexposed or nothing—so I just gave up on it all((

But the shot is excellent!
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