OBJECT:
M57 - The Ring Nebula
DATE/LOC:
06/10/04 - Santa Fe, NM
EQUIPMENT:
C11 @ f10 / ST-8XE / AO-7
Astrodon Trubalance filters
EXPOSURE:
LRGB (110 : 30 : 30 : 30)
DESCRIPTION:
Looking straight into what is actually a barrel-shaped cloud of gas shrugged off by a dying central star, the Ring Nebula is about 1 ly. across and 2k ly. away in the northern constellation of Lyra.

M57 - 06/10/04

M63 - 05/05/04

M64 - 05/22/04

NGC3628 - 03/19/04


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