Messier 57
M57 – NGC 6720 – Ring Nebula – Planetary nebula in Lyra
The Ring could be seen really well today. It was really hard to determine the orientation of its elliptic shape, just as if it were swapping directions based on my view.
| Object | Messier 57 |
|---|---|
| Observed at | Dunaharaszti, HU, 2025-08-20 00:45 |
| NELM | ~ 4.0 |
| Aperture | 127 mm |
| Magnification | 171x |
| FOV | 0.4° |
This night was exceptionally clear, NELM was rather 4.7. I was experimenting with using black and blue pens for annotations and mixed up in the end.
Object data
| Object | M 57 |
|---|---|
| Desc. | Planetary nebula † |
| RA | 18h 53m 24s † |
| Dec | 33° 1’ 48” † |
† fetched from astronomyapi.com
