Wallpaper author:
Tryggve Dyrvik
20 Jun 2026
NGC6543 - Cat's Eye Nebula -
Although the Telescope Live dataset is listed as 6h 40m HLRGB, a number of problematic frames with different framing and very short exposures were excluded during processing. The final image is based on approximately 5h 15m of integrated data.
Dataset from which the image was processed
NGC 6543
4 credit
- Type of target............................................................................................................................Planetary Nebula
- Camera............................................................................................................................FLI PL16803
- Target coordinates............................................................................................................................RA 269.6392 Dec 66.633
- Hemisphere............................................................................................................................Northern
- Telescope location............................................................................................................................Spain
- Transient event............................................................................................................................No
- Observed on............................................................................................................................29 May 2020 - 12 Jun 2022
Filter | Avg Exp (s) | Total Exposure | Subframes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Luminance | 30 | 8m | 16 |
| Red | 15 | 4m | 16 |
| Green | 15 | 4m | 16 |
| Blue | 16 | 4m | 15 |
| Halpha | 1520 | 6h20m | 15 |