M57 (NGC 6720) is a planetary nebula in the constellation Lyra commonly known as the Ring Nebula.

by Mark Bailey

The picture was taken with a modified Canon Rebel on a TEC 140 from the Alpenglow-Torrey House Observatory in the dark sky community of Torrey, Utah (Bortle 2-3) on October 20th 2022. 10 3-minute frames stacked in Deep Sky Stacker = 30 minute exposure.

by Mark Bailey – cropped

The object was discovered by Charles Messier in 1779.

Planetary nebula are remnants from exploded stars.

This is part of my complete/simplified (no comp frames, unguided, quick processing) Messier object survey.