The
Owl Nebula (also known as
Messier 97,
M97 or
NGC 3587) is a starburst
("planetary") nebula approximately 2,030
light years away in the
northernconstellationUrsa Major. The estimated age of the Owl Nebula is about 8,000 years. The nebula is arranged in three concentric shells/envelopes, with the outermost shell being about 20–30% larger than the inner shell.=10.5px A mildly owl-like appearance of the nebula is the result of an inner shell that is not circularly symmetric, but instead forms a barrel-like structure aligned at an angle of 45° to the line of sight.
-Wikipedia
This is one of the first images I've really worked on with this OTA and Mount since I got it back from storm damage last October. Honestly, the guiding was pretty poor the nights I shot, and I didn't expect it to turn into usable data....
I was pleasantly surprised after some time in PixInsight playing around with it with my result. I used the Foraxx palette in Pixelmath with my data. All was shot from my backyard in SE WI. If you look closely you can see the remnent star in the center of the nebula.
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