Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Lyra (Lyr)  ·  Contains:  IC 1296  ·  M 57  ·  NGC 6720  ·  Ring Nebula
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M57 RING NEBULA IN LYRA - 2302307 - NBRGB, Massimo Marchini
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M57 RING NEBULA IN LYRA - 2302307 - NBRGB

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M57 RING NEBULA IN LYRA - 2302307 - NBRGB, Massimo Marchini
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M57 RING NEBULA IN LYRA - 2302307 - NBRGB

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Messier 57, also known as NGC 6720 or The Ring Nebula is a planetary nebula in the constellation Lyra. It is 2.570 light-years far away from Earth.Planetary nebulae are formed when stars having a mass between 0.8x and 8x the Sun, during the last stages of their evolution before becoming a white dwarf, expel a luminous envelope of ionized gas into the surrounding space.The faint central star is easily visible; in this picture, I tried to evidence also the faint outer shells, whose colors highlight the presence of ionized Oxygen (OIII) and Hydrogen (HII).It is expected that our star, the Sun, will end its evolution in a white dwarf, forming a planetary nebula.The term “planetary nebula” is a misnomer. These nebulae are unrelated to planets. But they seemed like the planets when they were observed through early telescopes.

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