Object: The Ring Nebula MESSIER 57              Constell: LYR

RA: 18h 53.6m           Decl: +33° 02'          Epoch: 2000
Mag: 8.8m (v)           Size: 86''x62''         Type: 4+3

Observer: Jere Kahanpää
Obs. place: Helsinki, Finland
Date/Time: 15./16.10.1996, 23.55

Telescope: N 82/360
Magn: 48x               Filter: O-III
Field: 60'              NE Lim.mag: 4.0m
Background sky: 5       Seeing: 4 
Weather: +22 °C inside, +5 °C outside. Observing somewhere
between :-)

Brightness: 3           Alt:    
Description: Easy but almost stellar at 22x. Brightness 3. With
48x+O-III the ring structure is quite obvious with averted
vision.