| M57 (NGC6720) / Planetary Nebula, type IV |
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| R.A. | 18h 53m 36.0s (2000.0) |
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| Dec. | +33° 02' 00" (2000.0) |
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| Apparent Size | 1.2×1.0' |
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| Real Size | 0.87×0.61 light yrs. |
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| Magnitude | 9.3 |
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| Distance | 2150 light yrs. |
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M57 (NGC6720) known as the Ring Nebula, is one of the finest planetary nebula in the skies.
It's very popular as "The Doughnut Nebula" in Japan. The ring itself should be clearly visible in medium scopes,
and better to have high magnification because of its extremely small size of only 80 arc seconds.
The central star with the fifteenth magnitude, which had discharged the gas into space, may take a little longer scope.
It is located between beta and gamma Lyrae, and is about 2100 light years away.
Although our naked eyes cannot detect colors of the nebula,
this image has captured various colors that the nebula has bluish in the ring, yellow to white the ring itself,
and reddish colors in outer edge.
⇒ Display the spectral profile of M57 (in new window)
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