Asteria — interactive night sky map
Ring Nebula (Messier 57) is a planetary nebula in the constellation Lyra with an apparent magnitude of 8.8, spanning about 1 arcminutes. It is within reach of binoculars or a small telescope.
It is best placed in the evening sky around July. It is visible from the whole northern hemisphere and from southern latitudes down to about 57°S. It is circumpolar (never sets) north of latitude 57°N.