Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Lyra (Lyr)  ·  Contains:  IC 1296  ·  M 57  ·  NGC 6720  ·  Ring Nebula
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Messier 57, The Ring Nebula, Brock Johnston
Messier 57, The Ring Nebula
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Messier 57, The Ring Nebula

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Messier 57, The Ring Nebula, Brock Johnston
Messier 57, The Ring Nebula
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Messier 57, The Ring Nebula

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The Ring Nebula is a very interesting planetary nebula, and I keep thinking it should be easy to get a great image, but reality keeps telling me otherwise. It's very small in the sky, and both very bright on the inside and very dim around the outside edge. I've been collecting data since May, trying to extract as much detail as I can, but have been frustrated by bad seeing and focus issues. I decided to mash together all the decent data I had, with and without a IDAS NBZ filter. There are 142 total exposures from many nights.

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Messier 57, The Ring Nebula, Brock Johnston