M57 The Ring Nebula, July 2007

This was taken some time in July 2007, using a Digital rebel, mounted on one of those spiffy clamps that supposedly allows you to mount an SLR to an eyepiece. There were issues with weight and stability and alignment and...

I had four exposures, of 5, 10, 26 and 30 seconds, recently stacked with DeepSkyTracker. But really, I can't wait to get back to this one and do it properly; it's one of my favorite planetaries.