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      Owl Nebula
      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

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      Owl Nebula