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I would suppose that just about any book that you can find on astronomy would contain a photo of what might best be described as the “smoke ring” of the sky. Some might call it a dough nut or a cosmic bagel, but the popular name for this object is simply the Ring Nebula, located in the constellation of Lyra, the Lyre.
I referred to the “smoke ring” recently when featuring the Summer Triangle. The is the best known planetary nebula in the sky and it does look like a smoke ring when observed with a telescope.
Although generally considered a summer constellation, Lyra is still well placed for viewing in the fall.
Let’s begin searching for it by locating the brilliant bluishwhite star. This is Vega, the brightest star in Lyra. TTie only other star that out ranks Vega in brightness is yellow-orange Arcturus. But Arcturus will be situated far down near the west-northwest horizon and will soon disappear, leaving Vega to reign supreme as the brightest star in the western quadrant of the sky.
The constellation of Lyra was supposed to represent Apollo’s harp. Six fainter stars form a little geometric pattern of a parallelogram attached at its northern comer to an equalsided triangle.
Vega gleams at the western part of the triangle. The two lowest stars in the parallelogram are Beta and Gamma
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