NASA. DEEP SPACE. LARGE FORMAT. The Cat's Eye Nebula Redux ( - Lot 271

NASA. DEEP SPACE. LARGE FORMAT. The Cat's Eye Nebula Redux (also known as the Cat's Eye, this planetary nebula is located around 3,000 light-years from Earth). This superb nebula is revealed here through a composite image of data from NASA's X-ray Space Observatory (blue) and the Hubble Space Telescope (red and violet). This photograph reveals a phase that Sun-like stars undergo at the end of their lives. The material in the outer layers of the star in the cat's eye flies away at around 4 million kilometers per hour. It leaves behind a hot core that eventually collapses to become a white dwarf star. Data from NASA's X-ray Space Telescope reveal that the central star is surrounded by a cloud of gas several million degrees hot. 2008.Vintage chromogenic print. Numbering on front. Legend on back label. 40.6 x 40.6cm with margins.