2010-07-11 M57 - The Ring Nebula
Another rough shot on the night I got my telescope back from repairs.
13x 30 second exposures, 6.5 minutes total exposure time. ... Obviously could have centered it better to avoid the field curvature.
M57 is a planetary nebula ... a shell of gass puffed off of a star similar to our star but near the end of it's life. A last hoorah before fading out as a white dwarf.
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2010-07-11 M57 - The Ring Nebula
Another rough shot on the night I got my telescope back from repairs.
13x 30 second exposures, 6.5 minutes total exposure time. ... Obviously could have centered it better to avoid the field curvature.
M57 is a planetary nebula ... a shell of gass puffed off of a star similar to our star but near the end of it's life. A last hoorah before fading out as a white dwarf.
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Uploaded on July 13, 2010
Taken on July 13, 2010