Ring Nebula M57 or NGC 6720, ZGOA Poster

NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has captured the view of this planetary nebula called the Ring Nebula. Also known as Messier 57 (M57) or NGC 6720. The view is the gas cast off by a dying star thousands of years ago. This photo reveals elongated dark clumps of material embedded in the gas at the edge of the nebula; the dying central star floating in a blue haze of hot gas. The nebula is about a light-year in diameter and is located some 2000 light-years from Earth in the direction of the constellation. See all shops at https://bit.ly/SandyspiderStores