Ring Nebula in Lyra

[jabeoo1]

At least you didn't do what I did: 

Spent around 2-3 hours over 4 or 5 sessions eye-straining to get it in my 10x50 binoculars.  I later discovered with both disappointment and relief that it is not even obtainable with 10x50's.  I thought I was going insane........

Seen it clearly with 105mm aperture @ low magnification.  A few well know cereals popped into my head when I viewed it with the 10inch. 

[Stu]

At least you didn't do what I did:

Spent around 2-3 hours over 4 or 5 sessions eye-straining to get it in my 10x50 binoculars. I later discovered with both disappointment and relief that it is not even obtainable with 10x50's. I thought I was going insane........

Seen it clearly with 105mm aperture @ low magnification. A few well know cereals popped into my head when I viewed it with the 10inch.

It's doable in good conditions with 15x50's with which I get down to around mag 9.5 from my garden. You don't see the ring of course, just a slightly defocussed star

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[pyrasanth]

Here is a picture I took tonight before it sank into the winter sky......

[Macavity]

Aside: I discovered there are quite a few useful annotated images of surrounding

star magnitudes etc. A Google IMAGE search on "M57 photometry" reveals all...

[rockinrome]

Hi Rockinrome,

I am seriously impressed

Thanks Steve, much appreciated.