M97 - The Owl Nebula and M108 - The Surfboard Galaxy - 4 hours LRGB! (Cosgrove's Cosmos (Patrick Cosgrove))

Celestial hemisphere: Northern · Constellation: Ursa Major (UMa) · Contains: HD97302 · HD97455 · M 108 · M 97 · NGC 3556 · NGC 3587 · Owl Nebula · PK148+57.1

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M97 - The Owl Nebula and M108 - The Surfboard Galaxy - 4 hours LRGB!

Link: https://cosgrovescosmos.com/projects/m97-m108

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M97 - The Owl Nebula and M108 - The Surfboard Galaxy - 4 hours LRGB!

Link: https://cosgrovescosmos.com/projects/m97-m108

This imaging project represents some firsts for me:

It is the first project I have undertaken for 2023
It is the first project I have done since recovering from my recent surgery
It is the first imaging project done since I upgraded my William Optics 132mm scope with a flattener/0.8X reducer and cahnged the camera to a ZWO ASI2600MM-Pro
It was the first chance I had had to shoot since the smoke plume from the tragic wildfires in Alberta have shut us down!

This image contains two Messier Objects in the same frame: Messier 97, the Own Nebula, and Messier 108 - also known as the Surfboard Galaxy.

M97 is our near neighbor - located only about 2000 light-years away.
M108 is a more distant neighbor - located a whopping 28 Million light-years away!

The full story around this imaging project, including a detailed, step-by-step processing walkthrough can be seen on my web post:
https://cosgrovescosmos.com/projects/m97-m108

While I was pleased with the detail I was able to capture in this image, It is not one of my favorite images. I think the smaller scale of the objects creates an image that lacks drama and impact. Even so, I am glad that I finally was able to capture and process photons and get back into the game for this year!

Thanks for looking!
Pat

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Astrometry.net job	7798341
PixInsight job	5FVV7YNQLG4GEW9NK3SYOCOH0NCSGF28
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PixInsight stage	TASK_LOG

RA (center)	11h13m13s.614
RA (top/left)	11h16m45s.528
RA (top/right)	11h15m16s.394
RA (bottom/right)	11h09m35s.331
RA (bottom/left)	11h11m16s.570

Dec (center)	+55°18′47″.10
Dec (top/left)	+54°46′11″.50
Dec (top/right)	+55°59′47″.100
Dec (bottom/right)	+55°50′45″.70
Dec (bottom/left)	+54°37′49″.15

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