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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M97 Owl and M108, AstroDarkSky
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M97 Owl and M108

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M97 Owl and M108

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Not the most spectacular target relatively speaking and was really used more as a first light of a new full frame OSC camera and ZWO OAG-L setup rig.

I spent over half the night experimenting with NINA Hocus Focus aberration inspector plugin getting used to the interface and its report on tilt and backfocus analysis. Fascinating, but easy to obsess over if you have even a slight OCD personality tendency.

The variations in star colors and tiny background galaxies that came through even on a poor seeing night are my favorite.

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M97 Owl and M108, AstroDarkSky