Cat's Eye Nebula Age

Structurally it is one of the most complex of the known nebulae.

Cat's eye nebula age. It has been expanding ever since as can be seen by comparing Hubble images taken in 1994 1997 2000 and 2002. To some it may look like a cats eye. High-resolution images from the Hubble Space Telescope revealed extraordinary structures such as nodes jets and arch-like features.

The Cats Eye Nebula. The other nebulosity much fainter was apparently ejected from the star previously every 1500 years or so. The Cats Eye Nebula was first observed on February 15 1786 by William Herschel.

The different age material then interacts to form the various shock waves knots you can see. Heres my image of the Cats Eye Nebula NGC 6543 in Bi-Colour HαOiii. The distance measured by the Gaia mission is 655 light-years.

A classic planetary nebula the Cats Eye NGC 6543 represents a final brief yet glorious phase in the life of a sun-like star. This image reveals new details of the Cats Eye Nebula catalogued as NGC 6543 one of the most complex planetary nebulae ever seen. The full beauty of the Cats Eye Nebula NGC 6543 is revealed in this new detailed view from NASAs Hubble Space Telescope.

Its haunting symmetries are seen in the very central region of this stunning false-color picture processed to reveal the enormous but extremely faint halo of gaseous material over three light-years across which surrounds the brighter familiar planetary nebula. Known as NGC 6543 it is located 3300 light years from Earth in the constellation Draco. The Discovery the Cats Eye Nebula.

Added to the New General Catalogue over a century ago with the easily remembered designation NGC 6543 but commonly called the Cats Eye. Each ring is actually the edge of a. Planetary nebulae are like snowflakes.