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Cat's Eye Nebula

Cat's Eye Nebula

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Oct 26, 2026

Moiya McTierHOST
47:47
But there are other, like, objects.
Moiya McTierHOST
47:49
So we have the Cat's Eye Nebula is probably the most famous.
Moiya McTierHOST
47:53
Oh, yeah.
Moiya McTierHOST
47:54
It was discovered by William Herschel in 1786.
Connie GibbsHOST
48:51
That's a philosophy discussion for another day.
Moiya McTierHOST
48:53
Yeah, yeah.
Moiya McTierHOST
48:56
That's the Cat's Eye Nebula.
Moiya McTierHOST
48:57
We also have the Cat's Eye Galaxy.
Brock CiarlelliHOST
15:21
But I did wonder because like this is where I really actually did my fact check.
Brock CiarlelliHOST
15:27
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.
Eden SherHOST
15:35
That is a Google search that if you didn't do that simple Google search, it would be
Brock CiarlelliHOST
15:39
weird.
Steven RosenthalGUEST
42:49
Mm-hmm
ChrisHOST
42:49
... 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.
ChrisHOST
43:12
That's not even that difficult to, to see from a reasonably dark site.
ChrisHOST
43:16
Um-

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