Cat's Eye Nebula

Summary

Cat's Eye Nebula is a planetary nebula^[1]. It ranks in the top 5% of planetary_nebula entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (321 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Cat's Eye Nebula is credited with the discovery of William Herschel^[3].
• Cat's Eye Nebula's image is recorded as Catseye-big.jpg^[4].
• Cat's Eye Nebula's instance of is recorded as planetary nebula^[5].
• Cat's Eye Nebula's instance of is recorded as astrophysical X-ray source^[6].
• Cat's Eye Nebula's instance of is recorded as variable star^[7].
• Cat's Eye Nebula's instance of is recorded as astronomical radio source^[8].
• Cat's Eye Nebula's instance of is recorded as infrared source^[9].
• Cat's Eye Nebula's constellation is recorded as Draco^[10].
• Cat's Eye Nebula's spectral class is recorded as [WC]^[11].
• Cat's Eye Nebula's Commons category is recorded as Cat's Eye Nebula^[12].
• Cat's Eye Nebula's catalog code is recorded as NGC 6543^[13].
• Cat's Eye Nebula's catalog code is recorded as PK 96+29.1^[14].
• Cat's Eye Nebula's catalog code is recorded as 2MASX J17583335+6637591^[15].
• Cat's Eye Nebula's catalog code is recorded as AG+66 812^[16].
• Cat's Eye Nebula's catalog code is recorded as BD+66 1066^[17].
• Cat's Eye Nebula's catalog code is recorded as GCRV 10447^[18].
• Cat's Eye Nebula's catalog code is recorded as GSC2 N1121000443^[19].
• Cat's Eye Nebula's catalog code is recorded as HD 164963^[20].
• Cat's Eye Nebula's catalog code is recorded as IRAS 17584+6638A^[21].
• Cat's Eye Nebula's catalog code is recorded as IRAS F17585+6638^[22].
• Cat's Eye Nebula's catalog code is recorded as NSV 24075^[23].
• Cat's Eye Nebula's catalog code is recorded as NVSS J175833+663758^[24].
• Cat's Eye Nebula's catalog code is recorded as PK 096+29 1^[25].
• Cat's Eye Nebula's catalog code is recorded as PLX 4128^[26].
• Cat's Eye Nebula's catalog code is recorded as PLX 4128.00^[27].

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Works and Contributions

Cat's Eye Nebula is credited with the discovery of William Herschel^[3].

Why It Matters

Cat's Eye Nebula ranks in the top 5% of planetary_nebula entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (321 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 9 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]