Optical Images of NGC 6543, the Cat's Eye Nebula


Telescope Hubble Space Telescope
Instrument WFPC2
Filters Hα (=red), [N II] λ6584 Å (=green), [O I] λ6300 Å (=blue)
Date 1994 September 18
Credits J.P. Harrington, K.J. Borkowski (University of Maryland) and NASA

Telescope Hubble Space Telescope
Instrument ACS
Filters Hα+[N II] λ6584 Å (=red), [O III] λ5007 Å (=blue), FR505N (=green)
Date 2002 May 4
Credits NASA< ESA, HEIC, and The Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA)

Telescope Nordic Optical Telescope (La Palma, Spain)
Instrument
Filters [N II] λ6584 Å (=red), [O III] λ5007 Å (=blue and green)
Credits R.L.M. Corradi (Isaac Newton Group) and D. Goncalves (Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias)