M57 - The Ring Nebula

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M57 - The Ring Nebula
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Description

The Ring Nebula (also catalogued as Messier 57, M57 or NGC 6720) 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 red giant star, which was passing through the last stage in its evolution before becoming a white dwarf. 20 hours of total integration with narrowband filters, binning 1x1. Visit this image on Astrobin.com

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