# @rami_astro on Instagram

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/C84GvJZu4hT
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/58208605-rami-astro-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/postThumbnails/ce874f8441.jpg
- **Posted:** 2024-07-01T10:25:00.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Rami Ammoun (@rami_astro) — https://gondola.cc/rami_astro

## Caption

Ring Nebula 💍🌌
The Ring Nebula (M57) or NGC 6720, is a planetary nebula located in the constellation Lyra. It was discovered by Antoine Darquier de Pellepoix in 1779 and later cataloged by Charles Messier. The nebula is approximately 2,700 light-years away from Earth and is about 7,000 years old. It features a distinctive ring-like shape, which is the result of a dying star shedding its outer layers of gas. The central star, now a white dwarf, illuminates these gases, causing the nebula to glow. The Ring Nebula can be observed with small telescopes and appears as a small, circular, smoke-ring-like structure in the night sky.

Camera: ZWO ASI2600MC Duo APS-C Cooled Color Astronomy Camera from agenaastro

Telescope: Celestron 11” EDGE HD

Total integration time: 2 hours. 

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telescope, astronomy, ringnebula, deepsky, astronomylovers, planetarynebula, astrophotography, ngc6720, space, celestial, spaceexploration, nebula, lyra, nightsky, messier57, m57, cosmos, stargazing, universe

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