Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Lyra (Lyr)  ·  Contains:  IC 1296  ·  M 57  ·  NGC 6720  ·  Ring nebula in Lyra
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M57 The Ring Nebula, Shannon Calvert
M57 The Ring Nebula
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M57 The Ring Nebula

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M57 The Ring Nebula, Shannon Calvert
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M57 The Ring Nebula

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Another target of convenience for less-than-ideal sky conditions. The Ring isn't really big enough for my scope, but the colors are nice and vivid. I do like how well the magnitude 14.8 spiral galaxy IC1296 shows up below the Ring considering it's 221 million light years away!

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M57 The Ring Nebula, Shannon Calvert