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M57 (Ring Nebula) (Planetary Nebula, in Lyra)
Observer: lawrence (e-mail: noreply@gmail.com)
Instrument: 10-inch Dobsonian reflector Location: east bay, ca, USA
Light pollution: moderate Transparency: good Seeing: fair
Time: Sat Jul 21 06:05:20 2012 UT Obs. no.: 1882
Appeared as a glowing smudged ball at 45X. Could see the central hole with averted vision. Could not see easily the small spiral galaxy to the left and slightly below the nebula. This galaxy is magnitude 14.8 or so. Try for it at Dark Sky sight
M57 (Ring Nebula) (Planetary Nebula, in Lyra)
Observer: Tom Greensmith (e-mail: tgreensmith28@hotmail.com)
Instrument: 10-inch Dobsonian reflector Location: London, Hertfordshire, England
Light pollution: severe Transparency: fair Seeing: fair
Time: Mon Sep 22 22:20:00 2008 UT Obs. no.: 1799
Nice, on lowest power an obvious ring, looks like an unfocussed star, whacked in the 9mm eyepiece and it was hard to distinguish much detail in the inner portion of the ring, no colour really visible, but still impressive.
M57 (Ring Nebula) (Planetary Nebula, in Lyra)
Observer: Joe Caggiano (e-mail: jcaggiano@mindspring.com, web: http://home.mindspring.com/~jcaggiano/)
Instrument: 10-inch Dobsonian reflector Location: Glenside, Pa, USA
Light pollution: light Transparency: excellent Seeing: good
Time: Sun Aug 12 06:10:00 2007 UT Obs. no.: 1695
Beautifully visible at 48x with a slight elongation along one of its axes. With averted vision I actually caught the parent star once in a while.
M57 (Ring Nebula) (Planetary Nebula, in Lyra)
Observer: Michael Amato (e-mail: abigmick@aol.com)
Instrument: 16-inch equatorial reflector Location: New Haven, Connecticut, United States
Light pollution: moderate Transparency: fair Seeing: fair
Time: Fri Nov 3 01:30:00 2006 UT Obs. no.: 1578
This evening, my friends, Mike Dzubaty, Steve Borer and I went to the Yale Observatory for a public viewing session. Since the moon was waxing gibbous, most our observing was the moon. However, we did observe the double star Alberio with the 8 inch refractor and the Ring Nebula with the 16 inch reflector. Alberio has the main componant which is a golden colored and a smaller componant which is blue colored. The contrast in the colors was great to see. To observe the Ring Nebula, we attached an OIII filter onto the scope's eyepiece. This helped bring structure to M57 and it showed the Ring Nebula as a soft bluegreen color. All in all, it was a fine evening.
M57 (Ring Nebula) (Planetary Nebula, in Lyra)
Observer: Vedran Vrhovac (e-mail: vedran_vrhovac@yahoo.com)
Instrument: 8-inch Dobsonian reflector Location: Velika Gorica, Croatia
Light pollution: light Transparency: fair Seeing: good
Time: Mon Jul 25 22:30:00 2005 UT Obs. no.: 1270
I tried to find M57 with 3" scope and I failed. In 8" it was bright and larger than i thought at 38x. At 133x it looked like eye with brighter edge.
M57 (Ring Nebula) (Planetary Nebula, in Lyra)
Observer: Emil Neata (e-mail: forvert2000@yahoo.com, web: http://www.astroclubul.org/emilneata)
Instrument: 60-mm refractor Location: Craiova, Romania
Light pollution: light Transparency: fair Seeing: fair
Time: Tue Jan 25 00:00:00 2005 UT Obs. no.: 1169
M 57 is very difficult with a 60mm refractor. At 36x it is easily mistook for a star. The central hole is visible only with averted vision, very difficult.
M57 (Ring Nebula) (Planetary Nebula, in Lyra)
Observer: Joe Caggiano (e-mail: jcaggiano@mindspring.com)
Instrument: 6-inch equatorial reflector Location: Horsham, Pa., USA
Light pollution: light Transparency: excellent Seeing: excellent
Time: Wed Nov 10 00:00:00 2004 UT Obs. no.: 1090
This night was very crisp and cold. Thanks to Daylight Savings ending, it was extremely dark by 6:30 PM. There was little wind and the seeing was just about as good as I have seen it. After allowing 30 minutes or so for the scope to cool down, I viewed M57. The Ring was beautiful! On previous observations, I could not use power beyond 75x due to either wind or seeing conditions. Tonight's viewing held steady at over 200x! The view was the best I had ever seen of the Ring. The hollow center was not only easily visible w/ direct vision...it was also very large. The elliptical shape was even easier to spot tonight than other nights when viewing with 75x. A truly wonderous sight that I will return to again and again.
M57 (Ring Nebula) (Planetary Nebula, in Lyra, Est. RaDec zenith)
Observer: Joe Caggiano (e-mail: jcaggiano@mindspring.com)
Instrument: 6-inch equatorial reflector Location: Horsham, Pa., USA
Light pollution: severe Transparency: excellent Seeing: fair
Time: Wed Oct 6 02:00:00 2004 UT Obs. no.: 1069
Tried to recap yesterday's excellent viewing oppurtunity tonight. Unfortunately, there was severe light pollution, zodiac perhaps. Spotted the nebula once again at 30x. Afterwards I switched to 75x and once again made out the shell and hollow center. There was considerable wind tonight, and it was alittle difficult to keep the image "jitter free" for more than 4 seconds at a time. I tried employing my 2-3x Barlow with the 25mm eyepiece (30x). Adjusting the Barlow to 3x for a total of 90x, the image lost structure to the light pollution as well as the bouncing from the wind. Went back to 75x and viewed for about 5 minutes before packing it in, Also viewed M31 (see M31 observations). Rather dissapointed tonight with the conditions, but so far I have had a couple of excellent days this week.
M57 (Ring Nebula) (Planetary Nebula, in Lyra)
Observer: Joe Caggiano (e-mail: jcaggiano@mindspring.com)
Instrument: 6-inch equatorial reflector Location: Horsham, Pa., USA
Light pollution: moderate Transparency: excellent Seeing: excellent
Time: Tue Oct 5 02:00:00 2004 UT Obs. no.: 1068
Tonight's viewing was even better than last night's. The sky was exceptionally clear and there was little, if any, atmospheric turbulance. I was viewing straight up towards the zenith. My target was M13 in Hercules and M57 in Lyra. Hercules was found in a matter of minutes. At 30x it was about dime-sized in my eyepiece. I could make out a few more stars tonight than I did the previous weeks. Looking around the eyepiece I could actually pick up a few, if ever so dim, stars on the outskirts of the cluster. After seeing as many individual stars as I could I moved on to M57 in Lyra. The view of M57 was magnificent! Spotting it at 30x, the small circular ring appeared unusually bright. However it was hard picking out the hollow middle at this magnification. Changing my eyepiece to my 20mm was also not allowing me enough power to make out the nebula. Again, I changed to my 10mm (75x) eyepiece. The view was perfect! Appearing as a smoke ring about dime-sized, I could clearly see the hollow middle. I could even make out that it was ever so slightly elongated. I tried my 3.7mm eyepiece but all detail was completely lost as a very faint smudge. I went back to the 10mm and marveled at the sight for another 15 minutes. It was one of the few objects I have seen (besides planets and the Orion nebula) that actually looked alot like what is shown in magazines. All that was missing was the parent star (a 15" scope is needed to see that). Truly a beautiful object that I will visit again (when it's alittle further from the zenith)
M57 (Ring Nebula) (Planetary Nebula, in Lyra)
Observer: Paul (e-mail: paul_ohstbucks@msn.com)
Instrument: 12.5-inch Dobsonian reflector Location: Lee's Summit, MO, USA
Light pollution: moderate Transparency: excellent Seeing: good
Time: Sun Sep 22 04:00:00 2002 UT Obs. no.: 700
This was my very first observation with my new telescope!! Being I was in my light polluted back yard, I didn't know what to expect. Put it this way, I wasn't disappointed. Obviously, this object stands up to light pollution very well. At 59x, the ring was very sharp and the center was obvious. At 118x, M57 showed detail in the texture of the ring, and was my favoritemagnification. The central area was so well defined, I tried averted vision for about 20minutes hoping to see the central star.(no luck) I later learned that a much higher power is necessary to glimpse the allusive star along with much darker skies. Happy viewing!!Paul
M57 (Ring Nebula) (Planetary Nebula, in Lyra, Est. RaDec 18h52m +33)
Observer: Thomas Godfrey (e-mail: choccy_bourbon@hotmail.com)
Instrument: 18-inch Dobsonian reflector Location: Norwich, Norfolk, England
Light pollution: light Transparency: good Seeing: excellent
Time: Sun Sep 16 23:05:00 2001 UT Obs. no.: 569
With a magnification of x200 the Ring was very bright and obvious. The ends of the long axis were fainter than the rest of the perimeter and the central hole was not completely black. The central star was visible and it was the first time i had ever seen it!
M57 (Ring Nebula) (Planetary Nebula, in Lyra, Est. RaDec 18h 54' 33d 01')
Observer: Robin Yost (e-mail: robin.yost@att.net)
Instrument: 8-inch Schmidt-Cassegrain reflector Location: canto , north carolina, usa
Light pollution: none Transparency: good Seeing: good
Time: Sun Jul 2 06:10:00 2000 UT Obs. no.: 533
This was a first observation with my new celestron 8" Next Star . Useing a 40mm Plossl aprox 50x .It showed no color of course but the ring was perfectly circular with occasional tiny hole in the center.Solid looking and no problemswith turbulence much. Useing barlow image was just about as sharp and well defined occasionally the center star would make a quick and distinct flash.The optics in this scope were somewhat better than I had anticipated.
M57 (Ring Nebula) (Planetary Nebula, in Lyra)
Observer: Sean Wilkins (e-mail: spw7000@usa.com)
Instrument: 4.5-inch equatorial reflector Location: Elyria, Ohio, USA
Light pollution: moderate Transparency: good Seeing: excellent
Time: Sat Jun 19 21:43:24 1999 UT Obs. no.: 494
I was out last night and looked at Lyra.I thought M57!It was almost Reddish-Blue.Could almost accumulate the central star.
M57 (Ring Nebula) (Planetary Nebula, in Lyra)
Observer: Mark Stutzman (e-mail: mark@cca.ci.coatesville.pa.us)
Instrument: 4 1/2-inch equatorial reflector Location: Gilbertsville, Pa, usa
Light pollution: moderate Transparency: fair Seeing: fair
Time: Tue Jun 9 01:53:00 1998 UT Obs. no.: 340
Even though there was a fairly bright moon and some light clouds drifting by continuously. I was surprised to be able to show a friend the ring nebula. From my modest scope at low power it looks like a smoke ring about the size of a pin head. efforts to increase power failed.
M57 (Ring Nebula) (Planetary Nebula, in Lyra)
Observer: Joe Muse (e-mail: jmuse@bigfoot.com, web: http://www.geocities.com/capecanaveral/3185)
Instrument: 16-inch Dobsonian reflector Location: Roswell, NM, USA
Light pollution: none Transparency: excellent Seeing: excellent
Time: Wed Oct 29 14:00:00 1997 UT Obs. no.: 241
Great
M57 (Ring Nebula) (Planetary Nebula, in Lyra)
Observer: Geoff Burch (e-mail: gdburch@prairienet.org, web: http://www.prairienet.org/cuas)
Instrument: 9-inch refractor Location: Champaign, IL, USA
Light pollution: moderate Transparency: good Seeing: good
Time: Tue Sep 30 14:30:00 1997 UT Obs. no.: 230
At 120x the rings were well defined and some color was visible. We had a group of 10 newcomers to the Bradley University Amateur Astronomy club that were in awe when they got their first look at this incredible planetary.
M57 (Ring Nebula) (Planetary Nebula, in Lyra)
Observer: Dave Mitsky (e-mail: djm28@psu.edu)
Instrument: 80-mm binoculars Location: Harrisburg, Pa, U.S.A.
Light pollution: none Transparency: good Seeing: good
Time: Sat Sep 6 05:10:00 1997 UT Obs. no.: 221
Observing from a farm in rural Perry County, PA I was able to see the Ring Nebula (M57) for the first time with my Celestron 20x80 giant binoculars. It appeared as a very small fuzzy spot within an area mostly devoid of stars.
M57 (Ring Nebula) (Planetary Nebula, in Lyra)
Observer: Thomas Godfrey (e-mail: choccy_bourbon@hotmail.com)
Instrument: 18-inch Dobsonian reflector Location: Norwich, Norfolk, England
Light pollution: light Transparency: good Seeing: good
Time: Mon Sep 1 01:01:01 1997 UT Obs. no.: 594
Sorry but I have not seen this central star as I have stated before. I got it mixed up with M27!!!!!!! I would love to see this difficult star but have never managed it. Many of my friends saw it one night last year.
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: light Transparency: good Seeing: fair
Time: Sun Jun 29 06:15:00 1997 UT Obs. no.: 158
I dragged Linda out of the house in her bathrobe (actually, it was _my_ bathrobe :-) to look at the Ring Nebula. I think she was too sleepy to really get into it, but she made some appropriate "oohing" and "ahhing" noises. I looked for the dimmings of the ring that are apparent at the points where it intersects the object's major axis on some photographs, but couldn't see them. I wonder if this is dependent on viewing in a particular color. I didn't see any detail to speak of in the ring itself.
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: light Transparency: good Seeing: good
Time: Tue Jun 24 06:30:00 1997 UT Obs. no.: 154
Couldn't resist a quick look at M57 before coming inside. Viewed it at 49x, 122x, and 244x (as high as I can go, currently, with the 10mm eyepiece and 2x barlow); each view was better than the last. It's an amazing object, looking pretty much like the photographs, even in my smallish scope. A thick, oval ring with the inside obviously brighter than the outside.
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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