Cat's Eye Nebula Enhanced
by Weston Westmoreland
Title
Cat's Eye Nebula Enhanced
Artist
Weston Westmoreland
Medium
Photograph - Photograph
Description
Cat's Eye Nebula - Dying star creates fantasy-like sculpture of gas and dust.
Cat's Eye Nebula, formally catalogued NGC 6543, looks like the Eye of Sauron of "Lord of the Rings."
The Cat's Eye Nebula is among the first planetary nebula ever discovered, and also one of the most complex. A planetary nebula forms when Sun-like stars gently eject their outer gaseous layers to form bright nebulae with amazing twisted shapes.
Original image and text by ESA, NASA, HEIC and The Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA).
Further image enhancements and post processing by Weston Westmoreland.
More amazing NASA enhanced images one copy-paste away in my Astronomy gallery at http://westonwestmoreland.com/collections/astronomy.
You can learn more about what drives me in my blog:
http://inspiringthoughtsandimages.com/
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April 8th, 2018
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