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William Optics RedCat 51Ring Nebula

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Looking through

SVBony SV215 Zoom 3-8mm

83× • 40′ • 0.6mm exit pupil

★ The ring is a tiny ellipse here — more power makes the hole obvious.

Good fits for Ring Nebula

Wide field

Widest views — large nebulae & open clusters

General

Everyday deep-sky & the Moon

Picked for Ring Nebula through the William Optics RedCat 51. All 102 eyepieces are in “Change eyepiece or camera”.

Ring Nebula through the eyepiece

← 40′ → true field

56° apparent field

M57

SVBony SV215 Zoom 3-8mm

Selected by Skynocular

Poor fit· SVBony SV215 Zoom 3-8mm on the William Optics RedCat 51

Why this eyepiece?

✓Balances detail with surrounding context
✓A comfortable everyday view of Ring Nebula

Tradeoffs

–Dims at this power, making faint detail harder to see

Small but bright — a perfect smoke ring at 100–200×. A stellar remnant 2,300 light-years away.