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ITEM REFERENCE1859
PERMANENT LINKhttps://astro.ing.iac.es/outreach/?1859
EXTACCESSyes
COLLECTIONImage archive
TITLEM57
KEYWORDSMessier;Nebulae
DATE1995-01-01
DESCRIPTIONM57 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.
CREDITING Archive and Nik Szymanek.
TELESCOPEJKT
INSTRUMENTJKTCCD
THUMB_75
https://www.ing.iac.es/PR/science/M57s.jpg
AVAILABLE FILESJPG (58K) 800×805 pixels
TIF (11.5M) 1996×2008 pixels
TIMESTAMP2024-08-27 21:14:52
USAGE
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