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

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M97

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M97, the Owl Nebula is a 9.8 magnitude planetary nebula with an apparent size of 3.4 x 3.3 arcminutes. The nebula is about 1700 light years distant. This image was taken with a OSC with a dual pass Ha / OIII filter. I will add some luminance at some point.

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