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This topic has been archived. Ngc 6543, also called “cat’s eye”, is a beautiful and famous planetary nebula, among the most enigmatic ones currently known. Discovered by william herschel on february 15, 1786, it is placed among the most difficult planetary nebulae.
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32 replies to this topic 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. Inverted monochrome annotated large size full size user.
The Image Title Is In Reference To The Cat's Eye Nebula, A Well Studied, Iconic Nebula That Shares Similar Features To This Image Of Eminescu, Such As Notably The Blues, Yellows, And Spherical Shape Of The Formation.
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. 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. I was blessed with excellent seeing a couple of evenings back.
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One such target is ngc 6543, the cat's eye nebula in draco. The swirls of colorful gas. The image above right is a hubble space telescope image of the cat's eye.
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View profile send private message. Ngc 6543, ngc 6552, ic 4677: The image above was released back on september 9, 2004.