Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Lyra (Lyr)  ·  Contains:  HD175701  ·  IC 1296  ·  M 57  ·  NGC 6720  ·  Ring Nebula
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Ring Nebula (M57 / NGC 6720), Nightlife
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Ring Nebula (M57 / NGC 6720)

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Ring Nebula (M57 / NGC 6720), Nightlife
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Ring Nebula (M57 / NGC 6720)

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Ring Nebula (M57 / NGC 6720)
  • Type: Planetary Nebula
  • Distance: 2,000 light years from Earth
  • Size: 1.3 light years
  • Apparent size: 1.4 x 1 arc minutes
  • Apparent magnitude: 8.8
  • Age: 7,000 years
  • Constellation: Lyra
  • Interesting Notes:
    • The star at the center of this nebula is the white dwarf remains of a Sun-like star, and offers us a vision of what will happen to the Sun around 5 billion years from now




Details accurate to the best of my knowledge from research done in 2022.

Captured with a cooled monochrome camera.
Processed as HaRGB.
8.5 hours integration time.

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Ring Nebula (M57 / NGC 6720), Nightlife