Sign Up for Our Amazing Newsletter!
A daily update by email. Science news, great photos, sky alerts.
EarthSky Community Photos
Submit your photo here. Comment or upvote on photo pages. Search via photographers' names. More improvements coming! To help, please donate.
Lunenburg MA, USA
11:30 pm
Celestron Edge HD 8'' telescope with the Orion Atlas II mount, using my Canon DSLR Camera with a T adapter. Dew Shield on Scope to protect from dew.
Stacked 100, 1 min subs in DSS, and processed in Photoshop.
This planetary nebula is the Cat's Eye Nebula (also known as NGC 6543) and is located in the constellation of Draco about 5300 light-years away. It has a magnitude of about 8 and is very small in most telescopes fields of views but maintains a high brightness almost appearing like a star. Due to smoke in my skies it was hard to image making it dimmer.
