Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Lyra (Lyr)  ·  Contains:  10 Lyr)  ·  IC 1296  ·  M 57  ·  NGC 6720  ·  Ring Nebula  ·  The star Sheliak (β Lyr
Beta Lyrae and the Ring Nebula - M57, Chuck's Astrophotography
Beta Lyrae and the Ring Nebula - M57
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Beta Lyrae and the Ring Nebula - M57

Beta Lyrae and the Ring Nebula - M57, Chuck's Astrophotography
Beta Lyrae and the Ring Nebula - M57
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Beta Lyrae and the Ring Nebula - M57

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The naked eye, Beta Lyrae (big blue star upper right) is seen as a single point of light, but is actually a star system of six components (two of which are binary and eclipse each other).  And in the same field of view in the lower left is the Ring Nebula.

All of the data was captured this morning before sunrise - June 18, 2022.

I used short exposures - 15 seconds each and captured a total of 480 good subs for 2 hours of data.

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Beta Lyrae and the Ring Nebula - M57, Chuck's Astrophotography