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 find the cats eye by imagining a long thin triangle with the 2 mag 5 stars at the top end of it and the nebula at the bottom. The full beauty of the cat's eye nebula (ngc 6543) is revealed in this new, detailed view from nasa's hubble space telescope. How to find caldwell 6, the cat's eye nebula.
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.
One such target is ngc 6543, the cat's eye nebula in draco. It sits 3300 light years from us and contains some mysteries that remain unexplained today. But the formation of the beautiful, more.
1994 And March 1995 Of M42, The Orion Nebula.
I've marked my imaginary triangle in red. This means that you cannot reply to this topic. The 2 stars at the top of the triangle are visible in a 30mm finder but can be a struggle to the eye unless your seeing conditions are good.
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Page 1 of 2 ; The swirls of colorful gas. I am grateful that nasa has given the public free access to their hubble legacy archive which is chucked full of amazing stuff!
The Image Above Was Released Back On September 9, 2004.
Ngc 6543, also called “cat’s eye”, is a beautiful and famous planetary nebula, among the most enigmatic ones currently known. The full beauty of the cat's eye nebula (ngc 6543) is revealed in this new, detailed view from nasa's hubble space telescope. I was blessed with excellent seeing a couple of evenings back.
