[minnesota_bound]

So about 90,000 years ago the civilization on the planet around that star was wiped out when the star matter slammed into the planet.

FTA: While the planetary nebula phase is thought to last for around 10,000 years, astronomers estimate the age of the outer filamentary portions of the Cat’s Eye Nebula’s halo to be 50,000 to 90,000 years.

[tet68]

There is a sci-fi short story about that, turns out it was the star of Bethlehem...