M97 Owl Nebula
The Owl Nebula (M97) is a distinctive planetary nebula that earned its name because it looks like the face of an owl. A distant spiral galaxy (MCG+09-19-014) is in the lower-left corner of the image.
| Observatory: | Gemini Observatory (North) Mauna Kea, Hawai'i |
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| Telescope: | Gemini North |
| Instrument: | GMOS-N |
| Astronomer: | É. Storer (Collège Charlemagne, QUE), A.-N. Chené (HIA/NRCof Canada) and T.A. Rector (University of Alaska Anchorage) |
| Date of Observation: | 04-15-2009 |
| Filters and Assigned Colors: | g (blue), r (green), I (orange) and Hydrogen alpha (red) |
| Exposure Times: | 4x30sec in g,r, 2x60sec in i and 2x90sec in H-alpha |
| Location of Image: | Ursa Major |
| Field of View: | 5.7 x 4.6 arcmin |
| Orientation: | Rotated CCW 25 degrees from north is up east is to the left |
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