M97 The Owl Planetary Nebula, or NGC 3587
Called the Owl nebula, due its resemblance to a Barn Owl’s Face.
The Owl Nebula is approximately 2,030 light years away in the northern constellation Ursa Major.
M97’s size is 3.5 arc minutes in diameter, and it shines at apparent magnitude of 9.9.
The nebula formed when a dying Sun-like star ran out of hydrogen fuel, collapsed from a red giant to a white dwarf,
and ejected its outer envelope.
The nebula elements like hydrogen, helium, nitrogen, oxygen and sulfur are expanding at a velocity in the range from 27 to 39 km/s.
I captured this image with a Celestron 6 inch F5 Newt. Scope, Bisque MYT Mount, ZWO 224MC Uncooled Cmos Camera, ASI Air App acquisition, via Wifi to IPAD,
No Auto-guiding, no filters, just “Lucky Imaging Method”(short exposures stacked) 102 x 30 second exposures, 51 minute total integration time
from my Backyard Observatory in Dayton, Ohio on 02-19-2022.
Best Regards,
John Chumack
www.galacticimages.com
