Friday, November 17, 2006

Apod- a cat's eye nebulae

This nebulae is over three thousand light years away. This image was taken by the hubble space telescope, and it reveals one of the most complex planetary phenomenon known to man. In fact, the features seen in the Cat's eye are so complex that astronomers suspect the bright central object may actually be a binary star system.

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