Messier 57

57 final

Object:   M57  (NGC 6720) Date:               2018 June 2
Type:  Planetary Nebula
Constellation:           Lyra Time & altitude:         23.30 UT     57º
Catalogue data: Seeing (5 high):                               3/5
            R.A:                13h 42m Transparency (5 high):                   2/5
            Dec:                28º 23 Telescope:     0.5m f4.1  Dob.
            Magnitude     8.8 Eyepiece       8mm Ethos                x260
            Size (secs)    86 x 62

Filters:            With and without

Lumicon OIII

Notes:

Egg-shaped with the long axis lying ENE-WSW and the pointed end to the N. The oval central hole is bright compared to the background sky, and offset to the N end. This end of the nebula is less well defined, fuzzier and a little fainter than the rest of it. The 15th magnitude central star could not be found.  Although bright, there is no colour in the nebula.