Observation by Simon Paul Davis: An owl in a cowl

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Simon Paul Davis

Observer

Simon Paul Davis

Observed

2025 Feb 27 - 23:00

Uploaded

2025 Mar 07 - 10:46

Objects

The Owl Nebula (M97)

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Constellation

Ursa Major

Field centre

RA: 11^h14^m
Dec: +55°01'
Position angle: +75°53'

Field size

0°22' × 0°16'

Equipment

Sharpstar HNT15028 150mm Newtonian
ASI1600MM Pro (-10 C)
OAG with ASI2900MM
Ha, Sii and Oiii 4nm filters

Exposure

40 x 60 Seconds Guided, Ha, Sii and Oiii

Location

Hampshire

Target name

The Owl Nebula

Title

An owl in a cowl

About this image

Four hours of narrowband exposure overnight on the Owl Nebula. The target, rendered in the SHO pallete, is quite small for my widefield 420 mm focal length scope. It was therefore pleasing to see some structure appearing along with the faint Oiii halo as seen more clearly in the excellent images from Peter Goodhew.

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