2022 July 10

2022 July 10

In the Center of the Cat’s Eye Nebula Credit: NASA, ESA, Hubble, HLA; Reprocessing & Copyright: Raul Villaverde

Explanation: Three thousand light-years away, a dying star throws off shells of glowing gas. This image from the Hubble Space Telescope reveals the Cat’s Eye Nebula (NGC 6543), to be one of the most complex planetary nebulae known. Spanning half a light-year, the features seen in the Cat’s Eye are so complex that astronomers suspect the bright central object may actually be a binary star system. The term planetary nebula, used to describe this general class of objects, is misleading. Although these objects may appear round and planet-like in small telescopes, high resolution images with large telescopes reveal them to be stars surrounded by cocoons of gas blown off in the late stages of stellar evolution. Gazing into this Cat’s Eye, astronomers may well be seeing more than detailed structure, they may be seeing the fate of our Sun, destined to enter its own planetary nebula phase of evolution … in about 5 billion years.

∞ Source: apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap220710.html

the highlight of my day was dr. dentist saying, "I don't see any cavities," which did feel like winning the appointment, tbh

Jen Caywood (based Bellingham, WA, USA) - The End, 2021, Paintings: Digital Art

spiked a 39.6C (103.2F) fever yesterday, even with antipyretics. the sweating has been intense. i’m back down to a normal temperature so far without meds; still woke up sweaty, though

feeling a lot better today

If you guys were on here at 11 years old what would you be posting about