Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Lyra (Lyr)  ·  Contains:  IC 1296  ·  M 57  ·  NGC 6720  ·  Ring nebula in Lyra
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M57 - The Ring Nebula, Don Walters
M57 - The Ring Nebula
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M57 - The Ring Nebula

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This was my first attempt using my equipment and I captured the frames in RGB format and then discovered I could not stack them! This was nothing short of heartbreaking because I captured all that data and can't do a thing with it. So instead I just tweaked a single frame and here it is. I was just proud of myself for capturing a glimpse of the central star, because 20 years ago this was nearly impossible with a film-based camera. The stars are all wrong too, and they look like something from a Nintendo game, but I just wanted to post my first shot.

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M57 - The Ring Nebula, Don Walters