The Ring Nebulae (NGC 6960) is a planetary nebula in the northern constellation of Lyra, formed when a shell of ionized gas is expelled into the surrounding interstellar medium by a star in the last stages of its evolution before becoming a white dwarf.
Processed in PixInsight and Lightroom.
| Exposure | 47@300 sec (3.9 hours) | |
| ISO | 800 | |
| Camera | Nikon Z7 [8856 x 5504] | |
| Optics | Skywatcher Esprit 120mm Refractor, 840 mm focal length | |
| Filter | Radian Triad Ultra Quad-Band Narrowband Filter | |
| Guiding | Phd2 using a ZWO 224MC on an Orion 60x240mm Guide scope | |
| Controller | Images taken using Kstars on an Odroid-N2 (Raspberry Pi clone) | |
| Location | Lower Sackville, Nova Scotia. | |
| Date | 2020-08-28 | |
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