Cats Eye Nebula Location. A planetary nebula is the glowing gas ejected during the final stages of evolution of a star similar in mass to our sun. 68h30m total integration (52x1800s oiii, 75x1800s ha, rgb all 20x300s).
To some it looks like a cat's eye. It sits 3300 light years from us and contains some mysteries that remain unexplained today. First discovered by william herschel on february 15th 1786 this planetary nebula is a real gem of the night sky.
The full beauty of the cat's eye nebula (ngc 6543) is revealed in this new, detailed view from nasa's hubble space telescope.
One of the brightest objects of its type, its resemblance to a cat's eye is due to a series of gas loops that have been ejected by the central star over the past 1,000 years or so. The cat’s eye nebula is a famous planetary nebula located in the northern constellation draco. It was the first planetary nebula whose spectrum was investigated by the english amateur astronomer william huggins, demonstrating that planetary nebulae were gaseous and not stellar in nature. About cat’s eye nebula in brief.
