Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Ursa Major (UMa)  ·  Contains:  HD97302  ·  HD97455  ·  M 97  ·  NGC 3587  ·  Owl Nebula  ·  PK148+57.1
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M97 - Owl Nebula, David Andra
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M97 - Owl Nebula

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M97 - Owl Nebula, David Andra
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M97 - Owl Nebula

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Messier 97, the Owl Nebula, is a relatively bright planetary nebula located in Ursa Major. The moon was becoming too bright to shoot galaxies in broadband so I switched to narrowband filters and imaged M97 in Ha and Oiii. I found the 3 nm Chroma filters did an excellent job of excluding the moon and local light pollution. Passing clouds and wind caused me to set aside about 25% of my original captures leaving about 16 hours of data for integration. Capture took four nights from late March into early April 2023.

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M97 - Owl Nebula, David Andra

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