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Messier M57

Object Information Messier object: M57 Common name for Messier object: Ring Nebula NGC (New General Catalog) number: NGC 6720 Discription: Planetary Nebula Located in constellation: Lyra Right ascension in hours minutes: 18:53.6 Declination in degrees minutes: 33:02 Visual magnitude: 8.8 Size: 1.4 x 1.0 arc minutes Image size: 55.23 arc minutes high by 40.98 arc minutes wide Image orientation: North is top, East is left Detailed discription of M57 in SEDS Messier database Other Messier galleries, images or catalogs

Observing Log
Date September 12, 1998
Time at end of first CCD image 22:21 PDT
Time at end of last CCD image 22:34 PDT
Observing Location: At home on the drive way
Observation of object: M57 is a very small ring shape planetary nebula in the center of the above image. M57 is located at the northern edge of the Milky Way which provides a rich backgound of stars.
 
Sky Conditions
Sky transparency: 5.6 - 4.9 high clouds at 1:00, (Magnitude of the faintest star visible with the unaided eye in Ursa Minor)
Moon rise at 23:52 PDT on September 12, 1998
Astronomical twilight ends in the evening at 21:07 PDT on September 12, 1998
Astronomical twilight starts in morning at 5:01 PDT on September 13, 1998
 
Observing Equipment
80 mm aperture refractor telescope and CCD Cookbook Camera
CCD image time: 4 - 240 seconds images added together
CCD dark calibration frames: 20 - 240 seconds dark frames
Notes: CB245 camera dew with water all over it. There may be water marks on the camera window on some of the images.

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