Wide-field image of the Ring Nebula (ground-based image)

This image from the Digitized Sky Survey shows the Ring Nebula (Messier 57) and its surroundings.

Credit:

NASA, ESA, Digitized Sky Survey 2

About the Image

Id:heic1310d
Type:Observation
Release date:23 May 2013, 16:00
Related releases:heic1310
Size:10693 x 8226 px

About the Object

Name:M 57, Messier 57, NGC 6720, Ring Nebula
Type:Milky Way : Nebula : Type : Planetary
Distance:2500 light years
Constellation:Lyra
Category:Nebulae
Stars

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Coordinates

Position (RA):18 53 35.20
Position (Dec):33° 7' 28.98"
Field of view:179.87 x 138.37 arcminutes
Orientation:North is 0.5° right of vertical


Colours & filters

BandTelescope
Optical
B
DSS
Optical
B+R
DSS
Optical
R
DSS
Infrared
I
DSS

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