Cat's Eye Nebula Age

Previously this was thought to be composed of stars.

Cat's eye nebula age. The Cats Eye Nebula was first observed on February 15 1786 by William Herschel. Huggins observations were the first indication that planetary nebulae consist of extremely rarefiedgases. This image reveals new details of the Cats Eye Nebula catalogued as NGC 6543 one of the most complex planetary nebulae ever seen.

Visually it is similar to the cats eye and was named accordingly. A planetary nebula forms when Sun-like stars gently eject their outer gaseous layers that form bright nebulae with amazing and confounding shapes. Heres my image of the Cats Eye Nebula NGC 6543 in Bi-Colour HαOiii.

Structurally it is one of the most complex nebulae known with. The Cats Eye Nebula NGC 6543 is a planetary nebula in the constellation Dragon. The image from Hubbles Advanced Camera for Surveys ACS shows a bulls eye pattern of eleven or even more concentric rings or shells around the Cats Eye.

The Cats Eye Nebula NGC 6543 is one of the best known planetary nebulae in the sky. The central star will continue to expand for another 10000 years give or take just a tiny fraction of its total lifespan until the central star runs out of atmosphere. Planetary nebulae are like snowflakes.

Known as NGC 6543 it is located 3300 light years from Earth in the constellation Draco. I took this over two nights from Nerpio. The Cats Eye Nebula.

It is a Planetary Nebula expanding gas shell ejected from an end-of-life star in the constellation of the Dragon whose age is estimated at only 1000 years and the distance at only 5200 light years. The full beauty of the Cats Eye Nebula NGC 6543 is revealed in this new detailed view from NASAs Hubble Space Telescope. Its haunting symmetries are seen in the very central region of this stunning false-color picture processed to reveal the enormous but extremely faint halo of gaseous material over three light-years across which surrounds the brighter familiar planetary nebula.