Cat's Eye Nebula (NGC6543) (DoubleStarPhotography)

Celestial hemisphere: Northern · Constellation: Draco (Dra) · Contains: IC 4677 · NGC 6543 · NGC 6552 · PGC 2685811 · PGC 2686465 · PGC 2687041 · PGC 2687195 · PGC 2687206 · PGC 2688666 · PGC 2688995 · PGC 2689421 · PGC 2689641 · PGC 2690084 · PGC 2690715 · PGC 2690839 · PGC 2691048 · PGC 2691195 · PGC 2691267 · PGC 2691800 · PGC 2692995 · PGC 61111 · PGC 94827 · PGC 94828 · PGC 94829 · PGC 94830 · PGC 94832 · PGC 94833

Cat's Eye Nebula (NGC6543)

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.

Though the Cat's Eye Nebula was one of the first planetary nebulae to be discovered, it is one of the most complex such nebulae seen in space.

Observations suggest the star ejected its mass in a series of pulses at ~1,500-year intervals. These convulsions created dust shells, each of which contain as much mass as all of the planets in our solar system combined (still only one percent of the Sun's mass).

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Title: Cat's Eye Nebula (NGC6543) (Center Crop)

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RA (center)	17h58m28s.638
RA (top/left)	18h01m42s.954
RA (top/right)	18h01m55s.319
RA (bottom/right)	17h55m09s.397
RA (bottom/left)	17h55m07s.766

Dec (center)	+66°37′26″.50
Dec (top/left)	+66°17′06″.35
Dec (top/right)	+66°56′47″.75
Dec (bottom/right)	+66°57′30″.12
Dec (bottom/left)	+66°17′47″.46

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