Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Lyra (Lyr)  ·  Contains:  IC 1296  ·  M 57  ·  NGC 6720  ·  Ring nebula in Lyra
The Ring Nebula, Don Curry
The Ring Nebula
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The Ring Nebula

The Ring Nebula, Don Curry
The Ring Nebula
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The Ring Nebula

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M57 is regarded as a planetary nebula and it is a ring of bright light-emitting material surrounding its central star.It is expanding at a rate of one arc second per century and is assumed to be 2,300 light years away. It is in the constellation of Lyra.

I did a deep crop of the object to bring out the inner detail.

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The Ring Nebula, Don Curry

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