Hubble and James Webb Capture 3 New Cat's Eye Nebula Views 7,500 Light-Years Away
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Updated · Space.com · Oct 30
Hubble and James Webb Capture 3 New Cat's Eye Nebula Views 7,500 Light-Years Away
3 articles · Updated · Space.com · Oct 30
Summary
Three new images show the Cat's Eye Nebula inside the Carina Nebula, revealing a cat-head shape and a glowing red "eye" that scientists say could be a young star.
Hubble captured the object in visible light, showing a brown dust pillar in a hazy field colored by oxygen, hydrogen and sulfur emissions plus scattered dust.
James Webb observed the same region in near- and mid-infrared, adding details that visible-light images cannot show through the nebula's dust.
About 7,500 light-years from Earth, the star-forming region is expected to keep changing as stars form and evolve, meaning the cat-like shape will eventually disappear.