Zooming in on Messier 57, the Ring Nebula
This video zooms in on planetary nebula Messier 57, known as the Ring Nebula. The sequence begins with a view of the night sky near the constellation of Lyra. It then zooms through observations from the Digitized Sky Survey 2, and ends with a view of the nebula obtained by Hubble.
The data of the region surrounding the Ring Nebula’s central region are provided by the Large Binocular Telescope Observatory.
Credit:NASA, ESA, Digitized Sky Survey 2, and the Large Binocular Telescope Observatory (LBTO)
About the Video
| Id: | heic1310f |
| Release date: | 23 May 2013, 16:00 |
| Related releases: | heic1310 |
| Related announcements: | ann1305 |
| Duration: | 56 s |
| Frame rate: | 30 fps |
About the Object
| Name: | M 57, Messier 57, NGC 6720, Ring Nebula |
| Type: | Milky Way : Nebula : Type : Planetary |
| Category: | HD Nebulae |
