Monday, September 3, 2012
APOD 1.1
The Cats Eye Nebula is one of the most complex nebulae in the universe. Over three thousand light years away this beautiful nebula is surrounded about what is believed to be a binary star system. A binary star system is when two stars follow the same elliptic orbital path, there is a balance point when the two intersect as well. Surrounding the binary star are millions of other stars and cocoons of gas from the stellar evolution. The final product is something far off in the universe similar looking to a cats eye, although unimaginably larger and more mysterious.
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This is absolutely fascinating, the vibrancy that the colors give is outstanding. Also i do agree with you it is very mysterious!!
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