Astrophoto of M57 – The Ring of Lyra by Elodie

No, what you see in the center is not a spot on my lens or telescope, nor even a defocused star…

No, it’s M57, aka the Lyra Ring Nebula.

It’s a planetary nebula, and my setup isn’t designed for that at all.

My focal length is far too short, but I didn’t want to miss out on this flagship of the Messier catalog.

A large crop (and even then it’s still small) and little time spent on it, but it has the merit of being there, and entering my hunting gallery of the treasures that the universe offers us!

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Total exposure time: 1h30m

L 12x300s

R 2x300s

V 2x300s

B 2x300s

+DOF

Setup

Skywatcher evostar 72ed+réd 0.85

Zwo asi 1600mm pro+raf

Heq5pro goto

Autoguidance chercheur+asi 120mc-s

Asiair

Treatment

Siril stacking

PixInsight processing

Photoshop cosmetics