
Cat's Eye Nebula
NebulaWikipedia
4
MENTIONS
3
EPISODES
3
PODCASTS
Search complete. 4 mentions across 3 episodes found for "Cat's Eye Nebula".
Oct 26, 2026
C is for Catstronomy
M
47:47Moiya McTierHOST
But there are other, like, objects.
M
47:49Moiya McTierHOST
So we have the Cat's Eye Nebula is probably the most famous.
M
47:53Moiya McTierHOST
Oh, yeah.
M
47:54Moiya McTierHOST
It was discovered by William Herschel in 1786.
C
48:51Connie GibbsHOST
That's a philosophy discussion for another day.
M
48:53Moiya McTierHOST
Yeah, yeah.
M
48:56Moiya McTierHOST
That's the Cat's Eye Nebula.
M
48:57Moiya McTierHOST
We also have the Cat's Eye Galaxy.
512 - The Carpool
B
15:21Brock CiarlelliHOST
But I did wonder because like this is where I really actually did my fact check.
B
15:27Brock CiarlelliHOST
The Cat's Eye Nebula that they're talking about in the study group does really is in the constellation Draco and is roughly 3,300 light years away from Earth.
E
15:35Eden SherHOST
That is a Google search that if you didn't do that simple Google search, it would be
B
15:39Brock CiarlelliHOST
weird.
#554 - Clear Skies Astro Hopper with Steven Rosenthal
S
42:49Steven RosenthalGUEST
Mm-hmm
C
42:49ChrisHOST
... is that, uh, you know, like your, your interest in that changes, you know? And just doing, like, a very deep dive observation, like if you wanna take a look at, uh, for example, like the spirograph structure within the Cat's Eye Nebula, you know, that's, [laughs] that's a lot of work right there, and there's, like s- a halo object you can see there around the Cat's Eye as well.
C
43:12ChrisHOST
That's not even that difficult to, to see from a reasonably dark site.
C
43:16ChrisHOST
Um-