Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Ophiuchus (Oph)
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M57, John Bozeman
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Description

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 interstellar space.

Data from the James Webb Space Telescope MAST Portal. Release date: 2023-08-21

Camera: MIRI

Color Mapped:

Red-F1800W
Green-F770W
Blue-F560W

Processed with FITS Liberator, GraXpert, PixInsight and Photoshop 2023.

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M57, John Bozeman