Owl and a Surfboard (Franklin Marek)

Celestial hemisphere: Northern · Constellation: Ursa Major (UMa) · Contains: HD97302 · HD97455 · M 108 · M 97 · NGC 3556 · NGC 3587 · NGC 3594 · Owl Nebula · PK148+57.1

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This was one of the first objects I imaged and decided it would be worth a revisit after almost a decade. I used a Ha enhanced Red channel and a OIII enhanced Blue channel. Along with M97 the Owl there is M108 the Surfboard galaxy and there are some nice hydrogen pockets that show up red in the galaxy. Along with those prominent items there are a lot of background galaxies, some elliptical, some spiral, some forming nice chains! I find the science of the Owl Nebula really amazing. It is 2000 lightyears away and is 8000 years old. The amazing item is the central star, which is now a condensing into a white dwarf, has a surface temperature of 123,000K!

Video I made for this image: https://youtu.be/OLcUFxrGhNk

Some close in crops:
M97

M108 ~28million lightyears away

Chain of galaxies near NGC3594

Other cropped galaxies PGC33914 and PGC2491147

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RA (center)	11h13m04s.847
RA (top/left)	11h16m35s.620
RA (top/right)	11h16m31s.267
RA (bottom/right)	11h09m25s.119
RA (bottom/left)	11h09m47s.371

Dec (center)	+55°19′02″.56
Dec (top/left)	+54°29′22″.72
Dec (top/right)	+56°09′26″.50
Dec (bottom/right)	+56°08′18″.48
Dec (bottom/left)	+54°28′17″.21

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