Cat's Eye Nebula is the 17th Interstellar Object, the 2nd Nebula and the 2nd Planetary obtained in the Beyond (Rank 22), which can generate Stardust 
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Description[]
"Beautiful and complex, all the gas in the Cat’s Eye Nebula amounts to only 1% of the Sun’s mass. It includes rare ionized nitrogen and double-ionized oxygen (atoms stripped of two electrons). One mystery is why this young planetary nebula is swirling so swiftly."
Traits[]
The rare traits matching this generators type are: Cosmic Dust . Cat's Eye Nebula is also affected by the epic traits: Cosmology , Dark Matter , Dark Energy . It is also affected by the constellations: Eridanus,Perseus,Ara, as well as by the generator rank.
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Onion Rings | Eleven concentric rings of gas suggest solar outbursts every 1,500 years. Why? Perhaps a binary star in orbit? Stellar winds acting like ocean waves? Pulses as the dead star contracts and expands? Magnetic field anomalies (sunspots)? It’s another Cat’s Eye mystery. | Generator Unlocked |
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Gas Jets | At both corners of the Cat’s Eye, jets of gas pierce through all 11 onion rings and beyond. They shoot out from each pole of the star in opposite directions, a pattern called bipolar outflow. Like water from a wobbly garden hose, the jets swirl above and below the star. | Onion Rings |
Achievements[]
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X-ray Vision | Viewing nebulae across the electromagnetic spectrum unveils new details. An X-ray of Cat’s Eye clearly shows intricate bubbles of gas swirling all around the dead star. These blue clouds indicate very high energy. Low-energy emissions are usually colored red. | Cat's Eye Nebula Rank 3 |
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Blue-Green Smudge | In 1786, astronomer William Herschel was the first to lay human eyes on the Cat’s Eye. The blue-green smudge looked like his new discovery, Uranus, so he called it a planetary nebula. In 1864, a spectroscopic image revealed the cloud’s true nature as ionized gas. | Cat's Eye Nebula Rank 6 |
Trivia[]
Cat's Eye Nebula (also known as NGC 6543 and Caldwell 6) is a planetary nebula in the northern constellation of Draco.
Source[]
- Cat's Eye Nebula - Images above taken
