Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Ursa Major (UMa)  ·  Contains:  M 97  ·  NGC 3587  ·  Owl nebula  ·  PK148+57.1
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Messier 97 "The Owl." In Ursa Major. With RGB stars., Pat Rodgers
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Messier 97 "The Owl." In Ursa Major. With RGB stars.

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Messier 97 "The Owl." In Ursa Major. With RGB stars., Pat Rodgers
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Messier 97 "The Owl." In Ursa Major. With RGB stars.

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Not great conditions, lots of moisture in the air, by 2am the haze was so thick no stars were visible through it. Still my 1st image of the year.

I was pleased to get the halo to appear.

REV A: RGB

REV B: Inverted HOO

REV C: HOO with RGB stars Extracted Luminance added

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  • Messier 97 "The Owl." In Ursa Major. With RGB stars., Pat Rodgers
    Original
  • Messier 97 "The Owl." In Ursa Major. With RGB stars., Pat Rodgers
    B
  • Messier 97 "The Owl." In Ursa Major. With RGB stars., Pat Rodgers
    C
  • Messier 97 "The Owl." In Ursa Major. With RGB stars., Pat Rodgers
    D
  • Final
    Messier 97 "The Owl." In Ursa Major. With RGB stars., Pat Rodgers
    E

D

Description: This is the cyan colour mask showing the Owl nebula's outer shell and the OIII noise, which I was removing using the clone stamp. The shell is only just visible above the noise so hard to stretch one without the other.

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E

Description: The Owl with the subtle halo showing. A 2020 reprocess of old data.

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Messier 97 "The Owl." In Ursa Major. With RGB stars., Pat Rodgers

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