Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Lyra (Lyr)  ·  Contains:  IC 1296  ·  M 57  ·  NGC 6720  ·  Ring nebula in Lyra
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M57 - 20190813 - MEADE2045 - UHC, altazastro
M57 - 20190813 - MEADE2045 - UHC
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M57 - 20190813 - MEADE2045 - UHC

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M57 - 20190813 - MEADE2045 - UHC, altazastro
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M57 - 20190813 - MEADE2045 - UHC

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The Ring Nebula always seems do "easy" to image, because of its high surface brightness, but indeed capturing its inner details requires more integrated time and more resolution that one would think at first sight.

Hence this picture, made with a 10 cm SCT and a DSLR, cannot reveal much of the inner details and varying nebulosities of M57.

I used an UHC filter to try and improve contrast and reveal more detail in general, and also to compensate for the full moon, but it didn't help very much, or at least less than I had hoped for.

Of course the UHC filter also alters the colors a bit.

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Description: A less stretched version.

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M57 - 20190813 - MEADE2045 - UHC, altazastro