Fly-around and zoom into the Ring Nebula (3D)
This video begins with a zoom into the constellation of Lyra, to the location of the Ring Nebula and the new composite Hubble/Large Binocular Telescope image.
The view cross-fades to a three-dimensional model of the Ring Nebula that was developed from new Hubble observations. A circuit around the 3D model showcases the main ring structure, the perpendicular lobes, the spike-like emission in the shadows of dense knots, and the halos surrounding the nebula.
Credit:NASA, ESA, G. Bacon and F. Summers (STScI)
About the Video
Id: | heic1310b |
Release date: | 23 May 2013, 16:00 |
Related releases: | heic1310 |
Duration: | 58 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 |