Space Jellyfish
Posted in Astronomy at 20:30 on 23 October 2018
It’s amazing what some of the images from Astronomy Picture of the Day resemble.
This one is from 20/10/18. The halo round the Cat’s Eye Nebula. I’ve not reproduced it here for copyright reasons but click on the link to see it.
To me it looks like a jellyfish.
The central nebula itself, NGC 6543, looks like this in X-ray and visible light:-
Tags: APOD, Astronomy, Astronomy Picture of the Day, Cat's Eye Nebula, NGC 6543
