Wallpaper author:
Jan Scheers
30 May 2021
Owl Nebula
M97 (or NGC 3587), also known as the Owl Nebula, is a famous planetary nebula located in Ursa Major constellation. The nebula lies at a distance of 2,030 light years from Earth and has an apparent magnitude of 9.9. It has a spatial diameter of 1.82 light years.
This SHO-image is captured with SPA-2 (Officina Stellare 700RC), data from 2 one-clicks.
Total integration time 85 minutes
SII: 8 subs of 300s
H-alpha: 4 subs of 300s
OIII: 5 subs of 300s
Dataset from which the image was processed
M97
4 credit
- Type of target............................................................................................................................Planetary Nebula
- Camera............................................................................................................................FLI PL16803
- Target coordinates............................................................................................................................RA 168.6988 Dec 55.019
- Hemisphere............................................................................................................................Northern
- Telescope location............................................................................................................................Spain
- Transient event............................................................................................................................No
- Observed on............................................................................................................................20 May 2020 - 11 Jun 2022
Filter | Avg Exp (s) | Total Exposure | Subframes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Luminance | 31 | 13m | 25 |
| Red | 12 | 5m | 25 |
| Green | 12 | 5m | 25 |
| Blue | 13 | 5m | 24 |
| Halpha | 838 | 5h35m | 24 |