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NGC 6543 · Cat's Eye Nebula

NGC 6543 · Planetary nebula · Draco

Cat's Eye Nebula

Also known as C 6

Caldwell 6
Herschel 400
RASC Finest NGC

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Type: Planetary nebula
Constellation: Draco
Position (J2000): 17h 58m 33s · +66° 38′ 00″
Discovered: by William Herschel in 1786

Pictures: 0
Magnitude: 9.01; visual
Size: 0.9′
Distance: ~5,300 ly
Best months: May–Jul

Catalogue data from OpenNGC by Mattia Verga, CC BY-SA 4.0. Distances, discoverers and common names from Wikidata, CC0.

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