Explore Cat's Eye Nebula using the following links, then select all correct statement Zoom in on the Cat's Eye Nebula The Cat's Eye Nebula The Cat's Eye Nebula imaged with Nordic Optical Telescope The expansion of Cat's Eye Nebula Dying star creates fantasy-like sculpture of gas and dust Planetary nebulae are too small to have halo like structures surround them. Cat's Eye Nebula is a planetary nebula. A planetary nebula forms when Sun-like stars gently eject their outer gaseous layers to form bright nebulae with amazing twisted shapes. Except for years between 1994 and 2002, the Cat's Eye Nebula has been expanding. Cat's Eye Nebular is an absorption nebula. Estimated to be 1,000 years old, the nebula is a visual 'fossil record' of the dynamics and late evolution of a dying star.