Ring Nebula - Wikipedia
It is catalogued as Messier 57, M57 and NGC 6720; Ring Nebula is its proper name. This nebula was discovered Charles Messier in 1779. It has an apparent visual magnitude of 8.8, which is too faint to …
Messier 57 (The Ring Nebula) - NASA Science
Aug 27, 2025 · Messier 57, more commonly known as the Ring Nebula, is about 2,000 light-years away in the constellation Lyra. Discovered by the French astronomer Antoine Darquier de Pellepoix in …
ESA - Webb captures detailed beauty of Ring Nebula
Aug 21, 2023 · Formed by a star throwing off its outer layers as it runs out of fuel, the Ring Nebula is an archetypal planetary nebula. The object is also known as M57 and NGC 6720, and is relatively close …
Ring Nebula (Messier 57) in Lyra – Constellation Guide
Aug 24, 2023 · The Ring Nebula is a bright planetary nebula located approximately 2,567 light-years away in the constellation Lyra. With an apparent magnitude of 8.8, it is one of the brightest planetary …
Ring Nebula | Stellar Remnant, Gas Cloud & Supernova | Britannica
Ring Nebula, (catalog numbers NGC 6720 and M57), bright nebula in the constellation Lyra, about 2,300 light-years from the Earth. It was discovered in 1779 by the French astronomer Augustin Darquier.
Most detailed observations ever of the Ring Nebula | ESA/Hubble
May 23, 2013 · Formed by a star throwing off its outer layers as it runs out of fuel, the Ring Nebula is an archetypal planetary nebula [1]. It is both relatively close to Earth and fairly bright, and so was first …
Michael’s Miscellany: Observe the Ring Nebula - Astronomy Magazine
Aug 13, 2025 · It’s called the Ring Nebula, also known as M57 — the 57th object on French comet hunter Charles Messier’s famous list. He discovered the Ring in 1779.
Ring Nebula: Definition, Distance, Facts, Composition
Nov 1, 2024 · Ring nebulae are planetary nebulae formed when stars exhaust fuel in their final evolutionary stages. Stars expel outer layers, creating envelopes. Hot central white dwarfs ionize …
Ring Nebula - HyperPhysics
"The NASA Hubble Space Telescope has captured the sharpest view yet of the most famous of all planetary nebulae, the Ring Nebula (M57). In this October 1998 image, the telescope has looked …
Ring Nebula - University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
The Ring Nebula in Lyra is perhaps the classic planetary nebula. Curtis calls it "well known and remarkably complex." The term, which simply means "disk-like," comes from William Herschel.