| Object: | Ring Nebula, M57 |
| Date: | June 2, 2002 |
| Equipment: | 10" SCT at F/10, HX916 CCD, G11 mount, ST-4 autoguider |
| Exposure: | LRGB L=60min binned 1x1, RGB = 20:20:20min, binned2x2 |
| Processing: | Photoshop, Lucy-Richardson deconvolution |
| Comments: | Raw seeing averaged at 3"/pixel, 1.8" after L-R processing. Still need to work on guiding: the ST-4 was often fooled by air turbulence. |
| Description: | The Ring Nebula is a planetary nebula, a shell of gas surrounding an exploded star in the constellation of Lyra. The nebula is at a distance of 2,300 light years away and is about 1 light year across (1.4' x 1.0). The nebula shell is expanding at about 30km/sec. Its central star is at magnitude 15.8. |
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