Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Ursa Major (UMa)  ·  Contains:  M 97  ·  NGC 3587  ·  Owl Nebula  ·  PK148+57.1
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M97 The Owl Nebula, meteoritehunterjim
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M97 The Owl Nebula

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M97 The Owl Nebula

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The Owl Nebula M97 is a planetary Nebula approximately 2,000 light years away in the Ursa Major. The age of the Owl Nebula is estimated to be about 8,000 years.
I have done this object before but never had the tools to really bring up the very faint outer ring. I could use a lot more data to make the outer ring more solid but I was happy to see some structure and bring it out this much. The image is LRGBHaO3.

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M97 The Owl Nebula, meteoritehunterjim

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