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| Names | M 57, NGC 6720, Ring Nebula |
| Right Ascension (2000.0) | 18:53:35.0 |
| Declination | +33:01:43 |
| Constellation | Lyra |
| Redshift (z) | ... |
| Heliocentric Radial Velocity | ... |
| Distance (esteem) | 2,300 light years |
| Date (DD/MM/YYYY) | 03-29-30/08/2011 |
| Exposure time | 15,000 seconds (10 x 1500 exposures) with binning mode 1 x 1 and AO7 |
| CCD Camera | SBIG ST-8XE |
| Telescope | Meade Instruments Schmidt-Cassegrain 14" LX200 OTA on 10 Micron GM2000 HPS Mount |
| Focal length | 3556 mm |
| Diameter | 355.6 mm |
| Focal ratio | 10 |
| Field of View | 13.3 x 8.9 arcminute |
| Original scale | 0.522 arcsecond / pixel |
| Palomar Observatory Sky Survey images |
| POSS I/E DSS1 Red |
| POSS I/O DSS2 Blue |
| POSS II/F DSS2 Red |
| POSS II/J DSS2 Blue |
| POSS II Color |
| Kitt Peak National Observatory's 2.1-meter telescope image |
| WIYN |
| Calar Alto Observatory's 3.5-meter telescope image |
| CAHA |
| Hubble Space Telescope image |
| WFPC2 |
| Comments |
| The spiral galaxy is IC 1296. Its Redshift is 0.017075 +/- 0.000070, the Heliocentric Radial Velocity 5119 +/- 21 km/s and the Distance 219,000,000 light years. |
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