M97 aka The Owl Nebula
The Owl Nebula or M97 is a starburst nebula about 2,000 light years away, in the northern constellation Ursa Major. it’s about 8,000 years. It is approximately circular in cross-section with a faint internal structure. This is a bi-color image, created using narrowband filters HA and OIII. The HA images are used as red the OIII is used as Blue and for green I mixed both HA and OIII together.
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Distance to Earth: 2,600 light years
Radius: 0.91378 light years
Constellation: Ursa Major
Distance: 2,030 ly (621 pc); 2,800 ly (870 pc) ly
Apparent dimensions (V): 3′.4 × 3′.3
Coordinates: RA 11h 14m 48s | Dec +55° 1′ 0″
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