The Cat's Eye Nebula's position in the sky (ground-based image)
The panel is composed of three images with increased magnification. To the left is the Digitized Sky Survey 2 image spanning 1 x 1 degree. In the upper right hand corner is an image taken with the the Nordic Optical Telescope. In the lower right corner is the image taken with Hubble's Advanced Camera for Surveys (ACS).
Credit:SA, NASA, HEIC, Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA), Nordic Optical Telescope, Romano Corradi (Isaac Newton Group of Telescopes, Spain) and Digitized Sky Survey 2
About the Image
| Id: | heic0414c |
| Type: | Collage |
| Release date: | 9 September 2004, 15:00 |
| Related releases: | heic0414 |
| Size: | 3349 x 2231 px |
About the Object
| Name: | Cat's Eye Nebula, IRAS 17584+6638A, NGC 6543 |
| Type: | Milky Way : Nebula : Type : Planetary |
| Distance: | 3000 light years |
| Category: | Nebulae |
Colours & filters
| Band | Wavelength | Telescope |
|---|---|---|
| Optical OIII | Other | |
| Optical B | DSS | |
| Optical R | DSS | |
| Infrared I | DSS | |
| Optical NII | Other | |
| Optical OIII | 502 nm |
Hubble Space Telescope
ACS |
| Optical OIII | 505 nm |
Hubble Space Telescope
ACS |
| Optical (H-alpha + NII) | 658 nm |
Hubble Space Telescope
ACS |