Zooming in on The Ring Nebula | Hubble

Zooming in on The Ring Nebula | Hubble

This video zooms in on planetary nebula Messier 57, known as the Ring Nebula. The sequence begins with a view of the night sky near the constellation of Lyra. It then zooms through observations from the Digitized Sky Survey 2, and ends with a view of the nebula obtained by Hubble.

The data of the region surrounding the Ring Nebula's central region are provided by the Large Binocular Telescope Observatory.

Credit: European Space Agency (ESA)

Duration: 56 seconds

Release Date: May 23, 2013

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