NGC 6543

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NGC 6543
From the Hubble Space Telescope
The Cats Eye Nebula
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Image from Keck II
Image in with the J band filter before data
reduction.
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Bracket Gamma filter
Iron II Filter
Iron II Filter
Images after data reduction.
J band filter
J band filter
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Our Final Result
Because the signal to noise ratio was very low we
added all of the images from the different
filters together. For clarity purposes we
smoothed the image by a factor of 2. This
decreases the angular resolution a little but
increases the aesthetic quality of the image.
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Possibility of a Binary
The inset is the central star blown up.
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Adaptive Optics
J band filter with the adaptive optics turned off.
All filter with adaptive optics on.