Astronomy Picture of Day: Cat's Eye Nebula from Hubble# Astronomy - 天文
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The Cat's Eye Nebula from Hubble
Credit: NASA, ESA, HEIC, and The Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA)
Explanation: Staring across interstellar space, the alluring Cat's Eye
nebula lies three thousand light-years from Earth. A classic planetary
nebula, the Cat's Eye (NGC 6543) represents a final, brief yet glorious
phase in the life of a sun-like star. This nebula's dying central star may
have produced the simple, outer pattern of dusty concentric shells by
shrugging off outer layers in a series of
Credit: NASA, ESA, HEIC, and The Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA)
Explanation: Staring across interstellar space, the alluring Cat's Eye
nebula lies three thousand light-years from Earth. A classic planetary
nebula, the Cat's Eye (NGC 6543) represents a final, brief yet glorious
phase in the life of a sun-like star. This nebula's dying central star may
have produced the simple, outer pattern of dusty concentric shells by
shrugging off outer layers in a series of