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

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M57 - The Ring Nebula, Wheeljack
M57 - The Ring Nebula
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M57 - The Ring Nebula

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Messier 57 - The Ring Nebula.

Distance to earth: ~2500 Light Years

Size: ~1 lighyear across (about 63.000 the distance from the earth to the Sun)

Camera: Canon EOS 5D MKII

Telescope: Celestron NexStar 127 SLT MAK (1500mm)

Lights: 88 x 25s @ ISO 3200 (f/12)

Darks: 30

Bias: 30

Flats: 0 - I did flats, but I messed up somewhere and they turned out pretty bad. I opted to stack without them.

Stacking Software: Astro Pixel Processor

Processed in Photoshop

First attempty at M57. I took well over 200 light frames, but wind and vibrations resulted in having to discard over half of them. The result was 88 usable frames at a total integration of 36,6 minutes.

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M57 - The Ring Nebula, Wheeljack