Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Ursa Major (UMa)  ·  Contains:  M 108  ·  M 97  ·  NGC 3556  ·  NGC 3587  ·  NGC 3594  ·  Owl Nebula  ·  PK148+57.1
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Surfing Owl - M97 and M108, Bob Rucker
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Surfing Owl - M97 and M108

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Surfing Owl - M97 and M108, Bob Rucker
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Surfing Owl - M97 and M108

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Sometimes better than expected results occur when one is just playing around. My current primary target is SH2-224 which has maddeningly faint Oiii signal. Since the target does not remain in optimal view for the entire evening, I thought I'd mess around with a widefield shot of M97 and M108 for the balance of the session. I was surprised by the detail considering the low focal length of 288mm and limited time on target. Processing was a simple LRGB combine with a bit of stretching, noise reduction and a very big crop.

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Surfing Owl - M97 and M108, Bob Rucker