Everybody knows about the famous ring nebula M57 and the not so well know PN M 1-64 in Lyra. I have recently observed two more Lyra ring's that are way off the beaten path. The ring's are not PN but Ring galaxies.
1 UGC 11185
I noted that the ring was AV and is better viewed with the bright star out of the field @ 610X
SDSS image
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2 IRAS 18390+2653---LEDA 166555---K 2-6
RA 18 41 03
DEC +26 56 16
This ring I called it extremely faint but the ring was seen with direct vision @813X with a 6 MM ZAO eyepiece. The small companion galaxy was seen as small fuzzy spot with direct
vision but I could see no detail.
PanSTARRS image
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I would say that with all the ring's in Lyra that it holds the crown for the Lord of The Ring's
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