Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Lyra (Lyr)  ·  Contains:  IC 1296  ·  M 57  ·  NGC 6720  ·  Ring Nebula
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M 57 The Ring Nebula  &  IC 1296, Roland Schliessus
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M 57 The Ring Nebula & IC 1296

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M 57 The Ring Nebula  &  IC 1296, Roland Schliessus
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M 57 The Ring Nebula & IC 1296

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The Ring Nebula (also catalogued as Messier 57, M57 and NGC 6720) is a planetary nebula in the northern constellation of Lyra. Such a nebula is formed when a star, during the last stages of its evolution before becoming a white dwarf, expels a vast luminous envelope of ionized gas into the surrounding


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