Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Lyra (Lyr)  ·  Contains:  IC 1296  ·  M 57  ·  NGC 6720  ·  PK063+13.1  ·  Ring Nebula
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M57 Ring Nebula, urmymuse
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M57 Ring Nebula

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M57 Ring Nebula

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Took this quickly last night after attempting to star collimate my Orion RC ... have ordered some Bobs Knobs to make easier

Also using my mates Canon 1200D as my 7D being astro modified

The Ring Nebula (also catalogued as Messier 57, M57 or NGC 6720) is a planetary nebula in the northern constellation of Lyra. Such objects are formed when a shell of ionized gas is expelled into the surrounding interstellar medium by a star at the end of its asymptotic giant branch phase, in the last stages of its evolution before becoming a white dwarf.

2,567 light years away

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Description: Was looking back to some pics when I first got my RC scope ... stars weren't too bad ! I subsequently tried to improve collimation and buggered it up. Oh well, will sort it eventually. Improved background a bit and reduced stars somewhat.

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M57 Ring Nebula, urmymuse