A 25s RGB Exposure of M57

Object Name: M57

Common Name: The Ring Nebula

R.A.: 18h53m35.071s

Dec.: +33d01m43.098s

Distance: 5000

Constellation: Lyra

Time of Exposure: 07:07:00, 13 May 1996

Length of Exposure: 25

Credit: Rory Barnes, Marcel Geltner, Monty Edmonds, Terry Hurford, Paul Geissler

Comments: The first succesful color CCD image taken from Steward Observatory!! Much thanks to Paul Geissler of the Planetary Sciences Department for his help with the processing of this image.