M57, Ring Nebula in Lyra

Nice easy summer (northern hemisphere) target; easy to find, and quite bright for a nebula. Always admired this object in my astronomy books as a kid, and now I finally took a photo of it myself!

 

 

M57, “Ring Nebula”

Canon 40D

ISO1250

Optical Craftsmen 8" Newtonian, f/5, 900mm

Orion Starshoot autoguider

BackyardEOS, PHD

36 × 60s lights, 40 darks, 40 bias, no flats

Processed in DeepSkyStacker, Photoshop CC, Lightroom 5

Done