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Cat's Eye

A series of shells around the Cat's Eye speaks of a star that expanded and collapsed several times as it entered its death throes. When the stars's fusion finally died, two jets of gas got shot through the shells helping to create this complex shape. In a telescope, the Cat's Eye is bright green.


Credit: NASA/ESA/HEIC/Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA)
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