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M57 (Ring Nebula) (Planetary Nebula, in Lyra, Est. RaDec 18h 54m, 33.02)
Observer: Alan Shaffer (e-mail: milkyway@gte.net, web: http://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/3693/)
Instrument: 10-inch Schmidt-Cassegrain reflector Location: Mt. Pinos, California, US
Light pollution: none Transparency: excellent Seeing: excellent
Time: Sat Jun 7 10:00:00 1997 UT Obs. no.: 149
This was a rather easy find. M57 is positioned in a rather star poor area of the sky. At first sight I noticed the colors. It looked like I was looking at a prisim, full of color, but mostly greenish. This is a beautiful object because it sits in nearly pure dark skies by itself. The ring was easy to observe. No effort needed to see the central area, even at 104X. A very nice object
M57 (Ring Nebula) (Planetary Nebula, in Lyra)
Observer: John Callender (e-mail: jbc@west.net, web: http://www.west.net/~jbc/)
Instrument: 8-inch Dobsonian reflector Location: Carpinteria, CA, USA
Light pollution: moderate Transparency: fair Seeing: fair
Time: Mon Mar 17 12:55:00 1997 UT Obs. no.: 114
As the dawn started to brighten the E sky, I turned to my first telescopic viewing of M57. It was great! The best view was at 244x, which showed the object as a big, oval smoke ring, with the hole inside the ring being noticeably brighter than the surrounding blackness.
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