M97, M108 "The Owl and The Surfboard" (Steve Argereow)

Celestial hemisphere: Northern · Constellation: Ursa Major (UMa) · Contains: HD96717 · HD97302 · HD97455 · M 108 · M 97 · NGC 3556 · NGC 3587 · Owl Nebula · PK148+57.1

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M97, M108 "The Owl and The Surfboard"

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M97, M108 "The Owl and The Surfboard"

Messier 97 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 northern constellation
Ursa Major. The estimated age of the Owl Nebula is about 8,000 years old.

Messier 108 (also known as NGC 3556) is a barred spiral galaxy in the Ursa Major. It was discovered by Pierre Mechain in 1781 or 1782. From the Earth,
this galaxy is seen almost edge-on and is 45 million light-years away.

M97 & M108 are 50 arc minutes away from each other from our vantage point.

Information Credits: Wikipedia

Telescope: Explorer Scientific 127mm CF APO Refractor f/7.5
Explorer Scientific x0.7 Reducer (f5.25 667mm Focal Length)
Mount IOptron CEM40

Camera ZWOASI6200MC-Pro Temp -10C, Binning 1 x 1, Gain 100 Offset 50
ZWO EFW

62 X 240 Second Exposures W/Optolong L-Pro Filter
40 Dark Frames
Total Integration Time: 4 Hours 8 Minutes
Acquisition with SharpCap
Stacked with Astro Pixel Processor
Guiding PHD2
Processed with Astra Image
Photo taken from Seven Lakes, NC Bortle 4.5

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PixInsight stage	TASK_LOG

RA (center)	11h13m24s.57
RA (top/left)	11h09m07s.30
RA (top/right)	11h12m13s.17
RA (bottom/right)	11h17m37s.11
RA (bottom/left)	11h14m38s.53

Dec (center)	+55°21′24″.9
Dec (top/left)	+55°43′52″.7
Dec (top/right)	+54°39′52″.9
Dec (bottom/right)	+54°58′23″.10
Dec (bottom/left)	+56°02′54″.6

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