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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.
Hubble and Euclid captured a detailed view of the Cat's Eye Nebula, showing how a star ends its life as a planetary nebula: Hubble zoomed in on the central shell while Euclid provided a wider halo view, with background galaxies highlighting the nebula's place in the universe.
Using a combined Hubble and Euclid view, the Cat's Eye Nebula (NGC 6543) is shown in new detail: Hubble reveals the intricate core with concentric shells and jets from episodic mass loss of the dying star, while Euclid’s wide-field imaging places it among distant galaxies about 4,300 light-years away in Draco.