Cat's Eye Nebula Revealed: a joint Hubble-Euclid view of a dying star
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Astronomers combined Hubble’s high-resolution view of the Cat’s Eye Nebula (NGC 6543) with Euclid’s wide-field imaging to study the dying star’s final acts. The close-up reveals intricate gas bubbles, rings, jets and knots around the central star, while Euclid shows faint arcs and delicate filaments in the surrounding environment, together offering a cinematic, multi-scale portrait of a planetary nebula’s final stages.
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