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Scientific Astronomer (1997)

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NGC6543 Catseye Nebula

Credit: J.P. Harrington and K.J. Borkowski (University of Maryland), and NASA

The Cat's Eye Nebula is a planetary nebula, possibly centered on a binary star system whose stars have simultaneously come to the end of their lives.

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