M57 the Ring nebula

M57, the Ring Nebula in Lyra.
Right Ascension = 18h 53.6m, Declination = +33.02
Magnitude = 8.8, Size = 80" x 60"
Distance = under 2000 light years

This color image, May 15,1999, is made up of three each of red, Green, Blue 60 second -10 degree C images co-added after autodark subtract and log scale. The second color image, May 29,2000, is 3xBlue,2xGreen and 2x Red. Except for the scope motors running there is no guideing. This is at 2000mm @f10 image.

Image of M57, the Ring Nebula in color. 5/19/1999 A redone M57, shows more detail and different colors.

Black and white image of M57 showing more detail of faint stars. This image of M57 (on the right) was done more recently. It shows more sharpness, detail and color than the previous image. Below, the black and white image brings out the core stars. It is 2 3x3 binned images of 160x100 resolution scaled and added.

Black and white image of M57 showing more detail of faint stars. This image was captured at 2x2 binning or 320x200 resolution. Notice the larger field of view (fov). It is 2 * 30 second images scaled and added.

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