The Cat's Eye Nebula: A Glorious Phase in the Life of a Star
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an image of a planetary object taken from the hubble telescope in space, looking up at it's center
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The Cat's Eye Nebula (NGC 6543)

"A classic planetary nebula, the Cat's Eye (NGC 6543) represents a final, brief yet glorious phase in the life of a sun-like star. This nebula's dying central star may have produced the simple, outer pattern of dusty concentric shells by shrugging off outer layers in a series of regular convulsions. But the formation of the beautiful, more complex inner structures is not well understood." | Image Credit: NASA, ESA, Hubble, HLA; Reprocessing & Copyright: Raul Villaverde
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Wesley Blackburn

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