Wallpaper author:
John Tipton
27 Aug 2021
M57 (The Ring Nebula)
M57, the Ring Nebula, is a planetary nebula about 2,000 light years away in Lyra. This is an HOO image, with SII used as a Lum to bring in the stars in the center. The image was processed to enhance the weak outer Ha areas.
Dataset from which the image was processed
M57
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