Planetary nebula · constellation Dra
NGC 6543
Cat's Eye Nebula
NGC 6543C 6PN G096.4+29.9
Catalogue data
- Right ascension
- 17h 58m 33.4s
- Declination
- +66° 37' 59"
- Size
- 54.0″
- Position angle
- not available
- Magnitude
- 9.0 (V)
- Surface brightness
- 17.41 mag/arcsec²(derived)
- Difficulty
- 2/5
- Suggested techniques
- HOO, SHO, NARROWBAND
- Data source
- OpenNGC
Additional radio sources may contribute to the WMAP flux. — The fainter outer shell has a diameter of 5.5 arcmin ca.
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