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Cat's Eye Nebula
The Cat's Eye Nebula (also known as NGC 6543 and Caldwell 6) is a planetary nebula in the northern constellation of Draco, discovered by William Herschel on February 15, 1786. 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.
Data from the Hubble Space telescope and Chandra x-ray observatory
Filters:
Optical - ACS F502N (Blue)
Optical - ACS F505N (Green)
Optical - ACS F658N (Red)
Chandra X-ray(Mangenta)
Data Credit: NASA, ESA, STScI/CXC
Processing and copyright : AMAL BIJU
Cat's Eye Nebula
The Cat's Eye Nebula (also known as NGC 6543 and Caldwell 6) is a planetary nebula in the northern constellation of Draco, discovered by William Herschel on February 15, 1786. 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.
Data from the Hubble Space telescope and Chandra x-ray observatory
Filters:
Optical - ACS F502N (Blue)
Optical - ACS F505N (Green)
Optical - ACS F658N (Red)
Chandra X-ray(Mangenta)
Data Credit: NASA, ESA, STScI/CXC
Processing and copyright : AMAL BIJU