Image of a Planetary Nebula. Nickname: Cat's Eye
NGC 6543 Hubble Wide Field Image
Image courtesy of "NASA/CXC/SAO"
The Chandra Mission
NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory, which was launched and deployed by Space Shuttle Columbia on July 23, 1999, is the most sophisticated X-ray observatory built to date.
The Chandra X-ray Observatory has been NASA's flagship mission for X-ray astronomy, taking its place in the fleet of "Great Observatories."
Chandra is designed to observe X-rays from high-energy regions of the universe, such as the remnants of exploded stars. The two images of the Crab Nebula supernova remnant and its pulsar shown below illustrate how higher resolution can reveal important new features.
Learn and see more at: http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/newsdesk/archive/releases/1995/01/
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