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

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M57

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M57, the planetary nebula we all know and love. Data acquisition was tough due to smoky skies. Processing the nebula to expose the outer shell, without blowing out the nebula was also a challenge, but here is the result. Thanks for checking it out!

The Ring Nebula (also catalogued as Messier 57, M57 and NGC 6720) is a planetary nebula in the northern constellation of Lyra.[4][C] 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. Credit:Wikipedia

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M57, Justin Worden

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