NGC 6543 - The Cat’s Eye Nebula w/ NGC 6522 (14.6 hours in LRGB)

by Cosgrove's Cosmos (Patrick Cosgrove)

Objects in field: NGC 6543, NGC 6552, IC 4677

Equipment: Sharpstar SCA260, ZWO ASI2600MM Pro

Integration: 14h 34m 30s

This was my first attempt at the famous Cat's Eye Nebula. While the core is fairly bright, the surrounding nebula is extremely faint. You could not really see much evidence of it in a 90-second broadband sub. This was the third target shot with my new Sharpstar SCA260 V2 platform. I am still learning to work with this scope - the large secondary does cause some significant diffraction spikes. I…