M57 - The Ring Nebula |
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Description:
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Perfect "smoke-ring" supernova remnant in Lyra |
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Telescope/Mount:
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Mid-1980's Astro-Physics 6" f/8 refractor on Losmandy GM100 mount |
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Camera and Control Software:
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Starlight Xpress MX916; AstroArt 2.0 |
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Exposure:
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3x5m lum, 1x5m rgb |
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Calibration:
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Dark subtraction |
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Processing:
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AstroArt |
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Guiding:
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ST4 and 80/910 refractor guidescope |
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Date and Location:
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Sep-2001 from Lake San Antonio near Paso Roble, California |
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Seeing, Transparency and Conditions:
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unknown |
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Comments:
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Always a crowd-pleaser |