ING Media Archival Record |
ITEM REFERENCE | 1859 |
PERMANENT LINK | https://astro.ing.iac.es/outreach/?1859 |
EXTACCESS | yes |
COLLECTION | Image archive |
TITLE | M57 |
KEYWORDS | Messier;Nebulae |
DATE | 1995-01-01 |
DESCRIPTION | M57 planetary nebula, also known as the Ring Nebula. The famous ring nebula M57 is often regarded as the prototype of a planetary nebula, and a showpiece in the northern hemisphere summer sky. Recent research has confirmed that it is, most probably, actually a ring (torus) of bright light-emitting material surrounding its central star, and not a spherical (or ellipsoidal) shell. Jacobus Kapteyn Telescope, Tek CCD, B, V and R filters. |
CREDIT | ING Archive and Nik Szymanek. |
TELESCOPE | JKT |
INSTRUMENT | JKTCCD |
THUMB_75 |  https://www.ing.iac.es/PR/science/M57s.jpg |
AVAILABLE FILES | JPG (58K) 800×805 pixels TIF (11.5M) 1996×2008 pixels |
TIMESTAMP | 2024-08-27 21:14:52 |
USAGE | For publication or display (electronic or otherwise), all photos, images or videos must be credited: "Photo/image/video courtesy of the Isaac Newton Group of Telescopes, La Palma" unless otherwise noted in the provided credit line. Please contact ING's Public Relations Officer (outreach  ing.iac.es) with all the details of the use. |