File:NGC6543.jpg

X-ray/optical composite image of NGC 6543, the Cat's Eye Nebula (X-ray: NASA/UIUC/Y.Chu et al., Optical: NASA/HST).

Optical image: Wide Field Planetary Camera-2, composite image of three images taken at different wavelengths:

• red, hydrogen-alpha;
• blue, neutral oxygen, 630 nm;
• green, ionized nitrogen, 658.4 nm.

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Derivative works of this file:

• Cat's Eye Nebula
• Planetary nebula