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

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NGC 6720 Ring Nebula

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The Ring Nebula is a planetary nebula in the mildly 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 interstellar space. Source: Wikipedia

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NGC 6720 Ring Nebula, Richard H