The forces of rotation caused red hot masses of stones to be torn away from the Earth and to be thrown into the ether, and this is the origin of the stars.

— Anaxagoras 428 BC

Lyra's Smoke Ring Nebula

By marzulloj at Sun, 08/16/2009 - 11:54am
Lyra's Smoke Ring Nebula

Warm and moonless last night. I took out the Celestron 11" out for a quick spin. I was going to do some visual observing and then collimate the unit and wait for Jupiter. But once out, I saw this old favorite through the 11" and decided to capure the moment. There is a bit more detail in this image than I experienced visually... but not a lot more though.

Super

Submitted by kuky
on Sun, 08/16/2009 - 10:01pm

Wow
Looks like an Ha image with some stars missing?

H alpha it is.

Submitted by marzulloj
on Sat, 08/22/2009 - 2:46pm

H alpha it is.

You take some nice pictures

Submitted by ironsparticus (not verified)
on Tue, 09/15/2009 - 12:10am

You take some nice pictures ! This one is very nice also. I saw this one in scope a few years ago, and it was very faint. But I did see it and I had a good time observing and hanging out that night.