Michael’s Miscellany: Observe the Ring Nebula

If you own a telescope with an aperture (the size of the lens or mirror) of 4 inches or more, there’s a wonderful object now high in the sky as darkness falls. 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 RingContinue reading “Michael’s Miscellany: Observe the Ring Nebula”
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