M57 Ring Nebula

The Ring Nebula is a planetary nebula in the northern constellation of Lyra. Such objects are formed when a shell of ionized gas is expelled into the surrounding interstellar medium by a star at the end of its life before becoming a white dwarf.

Distance 2,570 ly

 

 

104x8s 13.9m total exposure

C8 @F/6.3 ASI385

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