M108 and M97 (The Owl)

M108 and M97 - The Owl Nebula

M108 and M97 (The Owl Nebula)

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From SEDS.ORG:

As a matter of chance, the two Messier objects M97 and M108 are situated so close together in the sky that they can be seen in one wide field of view. This chance alignment gives an opportunity to make deep-perspective images: Planetary nebula M97, as well as the foreground stars, are situated within the Milky Way and at most several thousands of lightyears away (M97: about 2600 ly), while M108 lies at 45 million lightyears.

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Telescope: AP155EDF
Camera: Moravian G4 (16803 ccd) w Astrodon GenII Filters
Mount: Paramount MX
RGB 8/8/8x10 min for each channel ; 15x10min Luminance
Acquisition using CCD-Commander and TheSkyX
Processed mostly in PixInsight then Photoshop CC

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Lucknow, Ontario
April 2024

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