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