M97, NGC3587 The Owl nebula in Ursa Major

Discovered by Pierre Méchain on February 16, 1781

Right Ascension = 11:14:47.7 (h:m:s), Declination = +55 01 07 (deg:m:s)
Magnitude =9.9, Size = 3.4x3.3 arc minutes

This image is 30 minutes total exposure made up of 6 * 5minute -25C below ambient cooled images co-added after autodark subtract, soft sharp and ddp'd. There is no guiding. This is a f1.95 fastar image.

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M97, NGC3587 The Owl nebula in Ursa Major

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