RING NEBULA | M57 LIVE FOOTAGE | 200mm NEWTONIAN REFLECTOR | Messier 57

RING NEBULA or Messier 57 in LYRA is a great Deep Sky Target (DSO) for the month of APRIL and will begin to get high in the sky in the mornings through out MARCH. It is a faint target and this was my first attempt with the 8inch on the NEQ6, visual observing of M57 you can see the outer 'smoke ring', I have been able to view the centre star in my 12 inch you can make out the faint ring with a 4 or 5 inch refractor.

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0:00 INTRO
0:21 LOCATING M1
0:52 LIVE VIEW
2:30 STACKED IMAGE
3:00 FINAL IMAGE WIDE
3:21 FINAL IMAGE CROP
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I hope that these videos can give you an idea of how the planets look at the eyepiece of a 200 PDS, 200p, 300p flextube or any 200mm 8 inch or 300mm 12 inch reflector telescope. I find when trying to purchase a telescope, it is hard to picture what you can see through the eyepiece .

[cannibalholocaust]

I’m shopping for a 12 inch dob atm, what eyepieces do you recommend? Have you tried the Baader 8-24 as it seems to be convenient solution. Your vids are handy for seeing what these things are capable of, though no substitute for naked eye. Useful!