NGC 6543, Cat's eye
19.08.2006 22:00 UTC
This certainly looked like an eye, but in different way than in photographs. I was surprised how bright this target was. No need for filters. Big bright core with an narrow halo. Sometimes a darker area blinked with averted vision in N-W corner of the bright core.
NGC Object List:
NGC6543 planetary nebula RA:17h58m33.4 Dec:+66°38m'01" BMag: 8.8, PK 96+29.1 Cat Eye Nebula
| Location: Aittakorpi,Kotka | Seeing: 3(5) | Background Sky: 3(5) | Magnification: 375x | Bright late summer night, moon in the sky. |
Added: 23.08.2006 12:45 UTC
