The Cat's Eye Nebula
Imaging Camera: QSI540wsg
Imaging Scope: 10"LX200R at F/10
Guide Camera: SX Lodestar
Mount: Meade 10"LX200R
Filters: Astrodon 5nm OIII and Ha, RGB,
Exposure: Eight hours OIII(20 minute subs), three hours Ha, forty minutes each RGB (1-5 min subs)
The core is a composite from previously obtained LRGB data using DSI Pro II.
Processing: AIP4WIN and PS CS2. Center Crop to show nebula detail
Date: 4/30/10 - 5/6/10
Location: My front driveway. Morristown, NJ
Sky and Telescope Magazine Nov 2012 issue, Gallery p.76
Earlier versions:
Sky and Telescope Online Magazine: Editors Choice 5/10
Anacortes Telescope: Photo of the Day 5/27/10