Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Ursa Major (UMa)  ·  Contains:  M 97  ·  NGC 3587  ·  Owl Nebula  ·  PK148+57.1
Owl Nebula (M97) LRGB crop (including Quasar J111504.4+550143), Pam Whitfield
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Owl Nebula (M97) LRGB crop (including Quasar J111504.4+550143)

Owl Nebula (M97) LRGB crop (including Quasar J111504.4+550143), Pam Whitfield
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Owl Nebula (M97) LRGB crop (including Quasar J111504.4+550143)

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A crop of the M97/M107 image. Thanks to 2x drizzling it doesn't suck too badly :-D

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Description: I didn't realise this before but apparently the quasar J111504.4+55-143 is sat right next to the Owl Nebula and it's actually visible in this image. I've added a label just to its right to show it's location as a few dim pixels just above background. Dim it may be but as it's 8.2 billion light years away I think I can forgive that.... with my sky quality this magnitude 19.1 object is pretty much at the ragged edge of what's possible in good conditions

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Owl Nebula (M97) LRGB crop (including Quasar J111504.4+550143), Pam Whitfield