Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Ursa Major (UMa)  ·  Contains:  M 97  ·  NGC 3587  ·  Owl Nebula  ·  PK148+57.1
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M97, The Owl Nebula, mhtandy
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M97, The Owl Nebula

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M97, The Owl Nebula

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An almost full moon and high clouds made this almost not worth posting - I lost of lot of detail with all the noise reduction. But I spent a lot of time on it, so here it is .

M97 is an 8,000-year-old planetary nebula in Ursa Major that (somewhat) resembles the face of an owl.

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M97, The Owl Nebula, mhtandy