The Ring Nebula, M57, is a glowing ring of gas that was thrown off by a dying star thousands of years ago. When viewed through a telescope M57 looks like a tiny white smoke ring. The Hubble Space Telescope registered similar colors as shown here. This image is taken from a portion of a 35mm frame.

Astro-Physics 155 mm refractor at f7. Two 30-minute exposures on Kodak Supra 400 color negative film: April 17, 2002 from Rhodesdale, MD and August 17, 2004 from Speculator, NY. ©2004