Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Draco (Dra)  ·  Contains:  IC 4677  ·  NGC 6543  ·  NGC 6552  ·  PK096+29.1
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The Cat's Eye Nebula, Gabe Shaughnessy
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The Cat's Eye Nebula

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The Cat's Eye Nebula

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The Cat's Eye Nebula is a planetary nebula in the constellation Draco and lies some 3300 light years away.  It's the first planetary nebula that had its spectra studied, indicating that planetary nebulae are not stellar, but gaseous objects.

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The Cat's Eye Nebula, Gabe Shaughnessy