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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The Owl and The Surfboard, Richard Beck
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The Owl and The Surfboard

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This image captures both the Owl Nebula (M97) and the Surfboard Galaxy (M108). Both objects are located in the constellation Ursa Major.

The planetary nebula (M97) lies at a distance of 2,030 light years from Earth and has an apparent magnitude of 9.9. It has the designation NGC 3587 in the New General Catalogue. It occupies an area 3.4 by 3.3 arc minutes in apparent size, which corresponds to a spatial diameter of 1.82 light years. It was named the Owl Nebula because of its appearance in larger telescopes, which reveal two dark patches that look like the eyes of an owl.

The Surfboard Galaxy (M107) is a barred spiral galaxy at an approximate distance of 45.9 million light years from Earth and has an apparent magnitude of 10.7. It has the designation NGC 3556 in the New General Catalogue. It occupies an area of 8.7 by 2.2 arc minutes of apparent sky, corresponding to a spatial diameter of 110,000 light years and is inclined 75 degrees to our line of sight.

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The Owl and The Surfboard, Richard Beck

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