Anime Cat S Eye Nebula Facts Collection 2020. The cat s eye nebula also known as ngc 6543 is a visual fossil record of the dynamics and late evolution of a dying star. Around 1 000 years ago the nebula formed when the star lost its outer envelope of material.
Optical and ultraviolet observations. It was one of the first planetary nebulae to be discovered. The image from hubble s advanced camera for surveys acs shows a bull s eye pattern of eleven or even more concentric rings or shells around the cat s eye.
Optical and ultraviolet observations.
It was one of the first planetary nebulae to be discovered. Around 1 000 years ago the nebula formed when the star lost its outer envelope of material. Optical and ultraviolet observations. A planetary nebula discovered by william hershel in 1786 formed by a dying star originally about five times the mass of the sun.