Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Ursa Major (UMa)  ·  Contains:  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, onewiththestars
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M97 The Owl Nebula and M108 The Surfboard Galaxy

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M97 The Owl Nebula and M108 The Surfboard Galaxy, onewiththestars
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M97 The Owl Nebula and M108 The Surfboard Galaxy

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Location: Northeast Ohio, United States

Telescope control with Stellarium

Autoguiding with PHD2

285 x 60" lights (4hr 45min) @ ISO 1600 in EOS Backyard

30 Flats, 30 Darks, 30 Biases

Stacked in Deep Sky Stacker

Processed in Adobe Photoshop
-Levels adjustments
-Gradient removal with ProDigital Software AstroFlat Pro Plugin
-Levels adjustments
-Rotate and crop
-Denoise and Sharpen with Topaz Labs Sharpen AI Plugin
-Star halo reduction with Astronomy Tools Action Set
-Save to JPG

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M97 The Owl Nebula and M108 The Surfboard Galaxy, onewiththestars