The Cat's Eye Nebula: Sky Position (ground-based image)

The Cat's Eye Nebula: Sky Position (ground-based image)

The panel is composed of three images with increased magnification. To the left is the Digitized Sky Survey 2 image spanning 1 x 1 degree. In the upper right hand corner is an image taken with the the Nordic Optical Telescope. In the lower right corner is the image taken with Hubble's Advanced Camera for Surveys (ACS).

Credit: European Space Agency, NASA, HEIC, Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA), Nordic Optical Telescope, Romano Corradi (Isaac Newton Group of Telescopes, Spain) and Digitized Sky Survey 2

Release Date: September 9, 2004

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