Re: ATM Central Star in M57

[Chris Westland <westland@uxmail.ust.hk>]

I've found it very difficult to see the central star in M57 ... I think
seeing it is less a matter of magnification than of dark skies ... I
would think that a 5.5 mag sky would wash it out.

-c




K1JJ@aol.com wrote:
> 
> Just got done with a visual observing session.
> 
> I seem to be having trouble seeing the central star in M57, the Ring Nebula
> in Lyra.   I have even run the magnification up to about 600X with average
> seeing conditions under a 5.5 mag sky.  (22" Newtonian)
> 
> I can see a couple of stars on the side of the ring that are supposedly about
> the same magnitude as the central star, but have not as yet been able to see
> it.
> 
> How difficult is it visually, and what kind of site and scope did you use if
> sucessful?
> 
> Tom Cathey