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Tuesday 5 August 2008

Post #57 APOD: X-Rays from the Beautiful Cat's Eye Nebula


This composite picture combines the latest Hubble optical image of the Cat's Eye with new x-ray data from the orbiting Chandra Observatory and reveals surprisingly intense x-ray emission indicating the presence of extremely hot gas.

(Very beautiful...glad it's not close to home. - Retarius.)

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