Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Lyra (Lyr)  ·  Contains:  IC 1296  ·  M 57  ·  NGC 6720  ·  Ring Nebula
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Messier 57 in memoriam Jenő Gothard, akion
Messier 57 in memoriam Jenő Gothard
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Messier 57 in memoriam Jenő Gothard

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Messier 57 in memoriam Jenő Gothard

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Jenő Gothard was a Hungarian engineer and astronomer. He was born 165 years ago in Herény on 31st May 1857. Along with his brother Sándor he established an observatory in Herény, where he conducted his experiments mainly in the spectroscopy of comets. He was also a pioneer of astrophotography: he was the first to shoot and observe the white dwarf in the middle of Messier 57, the Ring nebula in Lyra.

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