The Ring Nebula, Messier 57, in Lyra, the classic planetary nebula, here in a wide shot showing it in context in the rich starfield between the bottom two stars of Lyra: Sulafat (Gamma Lyrae) at lower left and Sheliak (Beta Lyrae) at upper right. North is up in this field. This is a stack of 6 x 8-minute exposures with Astro-Physics 130mm apo refractor at f/6 (with the 6x7 field flattener) and Canon EOS Ra camera at ISO 800.
Stack of four 10-minute exposures with Canon 20Da at ISO400 and with 5-inch AP scope at f/4.5. Taken April 26.
