Cat's eye Vs The Eskimo

[Mamsoth]

Hi guys, it's been a couple of years since I've observed ngc 6543 visually, recently I've been imaging ngc 2392 and was wondering how bright the cat's eye is relative to the eskimo? The SAC deepsky list has the cat's eye with a surface brightness of mag 5 while it has the eskimo at 6.8. However, over the years I have found that the list is not 100% reliable.

Will the cat's eye appear brighter on my ccd than the eskimo?

***Sorry, accidentally posted in wrong place, was meant for imaging discussion***

[Mamsoth]

Bump

[riklaunim]

There is also the case of surface brightness. Some PN have extreem surface brightness and sometimes on the preview I just saw a big fat "star" And to resolve cat's eye some resolution will be needed, or you get star-like bright object.