M57 The Ring Nebula in Lyra.
The nebula disk has an angular size of 1.5 × 1 arc-minutes, making it too small to be resolved with 10×50 binoculars, so it is best
viewed with a telescope and under some magnification. I find that 100x works well..
M57 is an example of the class of planetary nebulae known as bipolar nebulae. The star at the Center is Blowing off its Outer atmosphere!
This will be the fate of our Sun in a few billion more years.
I processed this image to show structure in the nebula…
Taken from my backyard in Dayton, Ohio with my old C8 telescope & ZWO 174mm Monochrome Camera shot through RGB filters + Luminance channel,
16 minutes exposure total.
Best Regards,
John Chumack
www.galacticimages.com
