M57 - The Ring Nebula

Image © 2001 Paul Sterngold
Description:
Perfect "smoke-ring" supernova remnant in Lyra
Telescope/Mount:
Mid-1980's Astro-Physics 6" f/8 refractor on Losmandy GM100 mount 
Camera and Control Software:
Starlight Xpress MX916; AstroArt 2.0
Exposure:
3x5m lum, 1x5m rgb
Calibration:
Dark subtraction
Processing:
AstroArt
Guiding:
ST4 and 80/910 refractor guidescope 
Date and Location:
Sep-2001 from Lake San Antonio near Paso Roble, California
Seeing, Transparency and Conditions:
unknown
Comments:
Always a crowd-pleaser