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Description The Ring Nebula is a planetary nebula in the northern constellation of Lyra. Such a nebula is formed when a star, during the last stages of its evolution before becoming a white dwarf, expels a vast luminous envelope of ionized gas into the surrounding interstellar space.
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Source Messier 57 - The Ring Nebula
Author Stephen Rahn from Acworth, GA, USA

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