Observation by Alan Thomas: M97 Planetary Nebula Owl Nebula in Ursa ...

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Alan Thomas

Observer

Alan Thomas

Observed

2022 Jan 03 - 05:54

Uploaded

2022 Jan 05 - 12:51

Objects

The Owl Nebula (M97)

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Constellation

Ursa Major

Field centre

RA: 11^h14^m
Dec: +55°02'
Position angle: +101°50'

Field size

0°17' × 0°17'

Equipment

Unistellar eQuinox 112mm reflector.

Exposure

19min

Location

Norbreck Observatory, Warrington, Cheshire, UK.

Target name

M97 Owl Nebula in Ursa Major

Title

M97 Planetary Nebula Owl Nebula in Ursa Major

About this image

Discovered by Pierre Méchain in February 1781. Distance c.2,000ly. Age c.8,000 years.

The owl eyes were first recorded by the 3rd Earl of Rosse in 1848. He wrote: “Two stars considerably apart in the central region, dark penumbra round each spiral arrangement, with stars as apparent centres of attraction. Stars sparkling in it; resolvable.”

It certainly is an eye-catching sight!

Files associated with this observation

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