Ring Nebula (M 57)
A smoke ring in Lyra – the gas shell of a star at the end of its life.
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The Ring Nebula (M 57) in Lyra is a planetary nebula about 2,600 light years away. The ring is a shell of gas that we see as a loop; a tiny white dwarf sits at its centre.
How the image was made
- Captured
- 20 August 2025
- Total exposure
- 2 h 00 min
- Calibration & stacking
- Siril 1.4.0-beta3
- Processing
- Adobe Lightroom 8.5 (Windows)
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