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Cat's Eye Nebula NGC 6543 - A Magnificent Stellar Explosion

I thought of giving it a shot at processing this magnificent stellar explosion. The preprocessed data are available on the Chandra site. I used the classical optical palette assignment : 502 N Blue, 505N Green and 658 Red while mixing the X-ray data with the Red channel instead of the Magenta that is usually used (the data isn't in the visible so it's a false color). Interestingly the the Chandra site mentions that diffuse X-ray emission are seen in about 30% of the planetary nebulas in the…

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Constellation Scorpius - Explore the Night Sky

The constellation Scorpius, the Scorpion, can be seen in summer from the northern hemisphere, but is low in the sky and is best seen from the southern hemisphere or southern United States. It has a distinct

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Pin by Hassan LAHSOONI on layout | Planetary nebula, Cat's eye nebula, Nebula

The Cat's Eye Nebula (NGC 6543) is a young planetary nebula in the constellation Draco, midway between Delta and Zeta Dra; one of the brightest objects of its type, its resemblance to a cat's eye is due to a series of gas loops that have been ejected by the central star over the past 1,000 years or so. Historically, NGC 6543 was the first planetary to be observed with a spectroscope and to reveal the presence of emission lines. This started the controversy about whether planetaries consist…

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UFO Sightings and the Unexplained

"I think we shall find that UFOs are not unnatural phenomenon. These vehicles could be obeying laws of physics we have not yet discovered." -- Dolores Cannon, longtime lecturer and former director of the Ozark Mountain UFO Conference. The 32nd Annual Ozark Mountain UFO Conference is taking place this weekend in Eureka Springs, Arkansas.

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