Cat's Eye Nebula Hubble
The Cats Eye Nebula from Hubble Credit.
Cat's eye nebula hubble. But Stingray a planetary nebula around the star SAO 244567 has its own ideas. In this detailed view from NASA s Hubble Space Telescope the so-called Cats Eye Nebula looks like the penetrating eye of the disembodied sorcerer Sauron from the film adaptation of The Lord of the Rings. This nebulas dying central star may have produced the simple outer pattern of dusty concentric shells by shrugging off outer.
NASA ESA HEIC and The Hubble Heritage Team STScIAURA Explanation. One of the brightest objects of its type its resemblance to a cats eye is due to a series of gas loops that have been ejected by the central star over the past 1000 years or so. The Cats Eye Nebula one of the first planetary nebulae discovered also has one of the most complex forms known to this kind of nebula.
Zooming on the Cats Eye Nebula Hubble observes the sky in the direction of the constellation of Draco the Dragon where the Cats Eye Nebula is located. More nebulae must be studied before scientists have a clear understanding of why nebulae expand. As we zoom in we see first an image constructed from the Digitized Sky Survey 2 then an image taken by the Nordic Optical Telescope and finally the NASAESA Hubble Space Telescope image.
The Cats Eye Nebula also known as NGC 6543 is a visual fossil record of the dynamics and late evolution of a dying star. Dec 6638 Draco Distance. The Cats Eye Nebula was the first nebula to have its chemical composition measured.
This is one of the most complex of the planetary nebulae. By comparing images spanning 20 years or more we can watch the nearest of these gently expand without changing their shapes or brightness. The full beauty of the Cats Eye Nebula is revealed in this detailed view from NASAs Hubble Space Telescope.
It is estimated to be 1000 years old. Hubble Space Telescope downloaded from the Hubble Legacy Archive Data preprocessing. Hubble Space Telescope NGC 6543.