Photo Display Photo ID 238 Click On Image to Open Full Size in a New Tab Title Messier 57: the Ring Nebula Caption A new image of the Ring Nebula taken from my observatory in Hockley, TX Object Name Ring Nebula Messier Desig M 57 NGC Desig NGC 6720 Other Desigs Right Ascension 18Hr 53' 35.08" Declination 33° 1' 45.03" Magnitude 8.80 Scope Used Unknown Camera Used Un-named webcam Photo Notes About 30 color frames stacked in Nebulosity 4.1 and processed in Photoshop. Object Type Planetary Nebula Distance (ly) 2.3 kly Constellation Lyra Return to List