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About the Object	Object Name: Messier 57, NGC 6720, Ring Nebula Object Type: Planetary Nebula Position (J2000): RA: 18h53m34.8s Dec: 33d01m44s Distance: 2300 light-years or 700 pc Constellation: Lyra
About the Data	Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/J. Hora (Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics) Instrument: IRAC Wavelength: 3.6 (blue), 4.5 (green), 5.8 (orange), and 8.0 (red) microns Exposure Date: 20 April 2004 Exposure Time: 260 seconds per sky position Image Scale: 10.7 x 8.8 arcmin Orientation: North is 15.8 deg counter-clockwise from up Release Date: 11 February 2005
Observers	William B. Latter (SSC) Massimo Marengo (CfA) Giovanni G. Fazio (CfA) Lori E. Allen (CfA) Judith L. Pipher (Univ. of Rochester)

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