April 26, 2020

M57 (April 2020)

This is 12x360" with the Atik 460EXC through the 203mm f/4.95 Synta-ONTC Newtonian.  OK, another Ring Nebula---I will say this, though.  While I was shooting, I was also observing the Ring with my 6" Spooner Parallax Newtonian.  The Ring looked magnificent in the 6", though I could see no color.  Here's a monochrome image that is deeper than I could see but in some ways similar.  I used it as Lum for the image above.  Stars are pretty deep here, down to around mag 18.

2 comments:

Bill said...

Nice "2nd light" Val, I never get tired of the Ring.
With IC 1296 nearby, this is a favorite of mine for cosmic scale comparison.

Bill

Polaris B said...

Thanks, Bill. Agreed on the comparison:
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap030516.html