M57 Ring Nebula

[Gerr]

The Ring Nebula (M57) is a planetary nebula found 2000 light years away in the constellation of Lyra. It is one of the most colourful and majestic nebulae known to astronomers. It is formed as result of an ageing star which ejects its outer shells of cosmic matter into space producing this beautiful spherical shape. The French astronomer Antoine Darquier de Pellepoix discovered it in January 1779. It is located to the south of the bright star Vega.

I took 140mins of 300sec lights with ZWO 294MC Pro on a SW200P Reflector. This was mounted on a HEQ5 mount controlled through APT and tracked by PHD2 using ED50 and ASI 120mm guide camera.

Stacked in DSS and processed in Photoshop CS2.

Final image is normal stack (not drizzled) as this actually resulted in the best detailed image (see earlier post about this - thankyou Vlaiv 👍).

Always learning and the playing field is not always as level as at first perceived!!

Anyway hope you like this cropped image of M57.  CC's welcome.

Uncropped Image:

 

[Sp@ce_d]

Nice one.. One of my favourite targets. The first time I observed this visually in a lot of ways it had the same effect on me as the first time I saw Saturn.