Cat’s Eye Nebula
Image Credit: X-ray: NASA/CXC/SAO; Optical: NASA/STScI
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This composite of data from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory and Hubble Space Telescope is a new look for NGC 6543, better known as the Cat’s Eye nebula. This famous object is a so-called planetary nebula that represents a phase of stellar evolution that the Sun should experience several billion years from now. |
