M57 (NGC6720) - Ring Nebula

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Description

Planetary Nebula in the constellation Lyre. Diameter 71'', brightness 9.7mag.

Date

May 28 and 29, 2004

Telescope

Meade 10" SCT @f/10.0 (f=2500mm), Losmandy G11 mount, FS2 drive unit

CCD Camera

ST-2000XM at -15°C

Exposure

LRGB: 3x1200s (1x1) + 5x600s (2x2) / 900s (2x2) / 720s (2x2) / 900s (2x2)

Localisation

Kriftel / Rhein-Main area

Conditions

Bad Conditions

Note

 

Image Processing

Full calibration, maximum entropy deconvolution, histogram stretching