Do you have an image of the Cat's Eye Nebula?

[Lee_P]

Hi everyone,

I'm currently making a new Planetarium show for the Winter. In it I'll fly the audience to various objects in space; but before we go to each one I'd like to give the audience an approximation of what these objects look like through a telescope. I've got pictures for everything on my list except for the Cat's Eye Nebula.

So my question is: has anyone taken a photo of the Cat's Eye Nebula that gives an indication of what it looks like through the eyepiece? Obviously a photo isn't the same as an eyeball view, but a simple image would be great. Specifically *not* a really impressive professional shot. 

Please let me know if you have a photo and would be willing for me to use it in the show. 

Thanks in advance,

 - Lee 

[wavydavy]

_{Yeah Lee I have one..........just gota dig it out.}

[ArmyAirForce]

Here's mine, a single 1.5 second exposure with an ASI120MM camera on a 200PDS scope.

[Lee_P]

Thanks Stephen, I'll see what your picture looks like up on my dome. I think it'll do the trick!

[Scooot]

I took this through my 16" dob, the eyepiece view is smaller, not quite so much detail but it is quite blue.

[Komet]

Here is an image of NGC6543

NGC6543 The Cats Eye nebula (Narrowband)

6th April 2013

NGC6543

T: MN190 

C: QHY IMG2Pro

F: Astronomik OIII

M: NEQ6Pro + EQMod

G: SX OAG + SX Lodestar

Soft:

Capture: Sequence Generator Pro

Guiding: Astroart 5

Process: Pixinsight + CS2

6 x 1200secs OIII only

[Lee_P]

Thanks again for all the photos. In the end I went with Stephen's. Here's a photo of it in action! 

Stephen's photo is a little hard to make out in my picture because the actual visuals are doubled-up to be in stereo 3D, but hopefully you get the idea!

[matt-c]

This is fantastic, I'd love to see it is it still going?

[Lee_P]

Yep, it's in our Winter Stargazing show that's on every day until March. You might prefer the extended-version aimed at adults. We run these on Thursday evenings: http://www.wegottickets.com/location/6173