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Oct 31

The Ring Nebula (M57)

Categories: Astrophotography, Messier Catalog, Nebulae, NGC Tags: astrophotography, constellation, Lyra, Messier, NGC, Ring Nebula Posted by: Space Dad Comments:0

The Ring Nebula is a planetary nebula in the mildly northern constellation of Lyra.  Such a nebula is formed when a star, during the last stages of its evolution before becoming a white dwarf, expels a vast luminous envelope of ionized gas into the surrounding interstellar space.  

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