Image Credit: NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Legacy Archive (STScI/NASA, ST-ECF/ESA, CADC/NRC/CSA)
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M57 Ring Nebula
Does this nebula looks like a ring in the sky? M57, famously known as the Ring Nebula, lies about 2,000 light-years away in the constellation Lyra. A popular target among amateur astronomers, it is one of the brightest planetary nebula and visible with a modest telescope. M57 is a planetary nebula where the growing cloud of ionized gas is the result of a dying star at the center of the nebula. Looking closely at the center of this image, did you notice a tiny pinpoint star?