Observation by Steve Brown: M57 - the Ring Nebula

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Steve Brown

Observer

Steve Brown

Observed

2024 Oct 31 - 20:09

Uploaded

2024 Nov 01 - 19:58

Objects

The Ring Nebula (M57)
Sulafat
Sheliak

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Constellation

Lyra

Field centre

RA: 18^h54^m
Dec: +32°56'
Position angle: +41°32'

Field size

2°14' × 1°15'

Equipment

Canon 250D
Evostar 72ED
Star Adventurer

Exposure

70x 8s exp, 420mm fl, f/5.8, ISO-1600

Location

North Yorkshire, UK

Target name

M57

Title

M57 - the Ring Nebula

About this image

M57 is a pretty small target for my imaging setup but it was still pleasing to capture anyway. I captured it with the stars Sulafat and Sheliak to give it a bit of context of how it appears sat between these two bright stars in Lyra.

Files associated with this observation

The Ring Nebula.jpg (2.2 MB)

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