M-97

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                                                                                                                 Owl Nebula  Messier 97

                                                                               

 

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                                            Equipment:     StarLight SXV-H9 CCD camera, Meade 12" RCX400 OTA, Optec Lepus 0.63X Telecompressor and Paramount MX mount.
                                                                    Filters:            Astronomik Type II with IR Block.
                                                                    Binning:          Luminance 1X1 Red, Green, & Blue 2X2 
                                                                    Times:            L 48x3 = 144 min, R 25x132sec = 55 min, G 33x100sec = 55 min, B 25x3 = 75 min, Total of 5 hrs 48 min.
                                                                    Date:              June 6th, 8th & 10th, 2016
                                                                    Process:         Taken with MaxIm DL, aligned & processed with MaxIm DL, final processing with Photoshop CS2.
                                                                    Magnitude:      9.9
                                                                    Distance:         2.6 Light Years
                                                                    Constellation:  Ursa Major

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