Description: - An
showpiece planetary nebular in Lyra. This is the remains of a
star similar to our sun that has reached the end of its normal
life and blown off its outer layers, leaving a tiny, hot white
dwarf star in the center which illuminates the expanding
balloons of blown off gasses.
A.K.A. - The Ring Nebula,
NGC 6720
Camera: SBIG STT-8300M at
-35C sensor temperature
Filter: Baader LRGB
Scope: Astro-Physics 130EDT,
1085mm at f/8.35
Guiding: SBIG FW8G
Exposure: 5 each Red, Green
and Blue at 10 minutes per colour
Location: near Cayley AB,
Canada, under Bortle 4 sky
Date: 2021-09-03
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