M57

Posted: May 22nd, 2026

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NGC

Technical Info

Telescope/Lens: Sky-Watcher 130/650

Camera: canon 550d

Mount: Sky-Watcher EQ2 + eq2 motor drive

Software: DSS, Siril, Pix, darktable

Exposure:

200 x 4" ISO/Gain: 1600

Red, Bortle 7 zone:

Praga, Czech Republic

May 21st, 2026

13 m

Resolution: 1518x1012 px

Scale: 6783 KB

megapups

My first planetary nebula. It's a bit small for my telescope, but you can slightly see the star inside, and it turned out pretty decent.

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Vladimir

It turned out well! It would just be nice to make the background "quieter" and more gray. Your M13 has an excellent background color. And, of course, I'd like the images to be larger, not so small and compressed. The EOS 550D has good resolution.

Clear skies!

23 May, 2026 Reply

Megapups Replied to Vladimir

Thank you for the advice. I will try to do everything possible, but with the ring, there is quite a large crop because it was rather small for my telescope, so it was difficult to maintain high resolution.

23 May, 2026 Reply

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