Here is an APOD-style excerpt tailored for The Cat's Eye Nebula (NGC 6543) post by Dan Kokinda:
The Cat's Eye Nebula
A celestial eye piercing through the cosmic dark. Glistening in the northern constellation of Draco, the Cat's Eye Nebula (NGC 6543) represents one of the most complex planetary nebulae ever discovered. This striking image captures the final, brilliant gasp of a dying solar-mass star shedding its outer layers into space. Photographed by astrophotographer Dan Kokinda over a painstaking 32-hour exposure sequence from Indiana, this remarkable single-exposure-length composition brilliantly balances the blindingly intense, intricate central core with the incredibly faint, surrounding concentric shells of glowing gas.
Here is an APOD-style excerpt tailored for The Cat's Eye Nebula (NGC 6543) post by Dan Kokinda:
The Cat's Eye Nebula