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M 97 with Halo
Awarded Amateur Astronomy Picture Of The Day 30 March 2022 www.aapod2.com/blog/Messier-97
Awarded Astronomical Picture of the Day 1 April 2022 by Astronomia.com apod.astronomia.com/2022/03/31/il-gufo-e-il-suo-alone/

Messier 97 - a planetary nebula in Ursa Major sporting its faint OIII Halo.  It is approximately 2,030 light years from Earth.
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Nomenclature
: M97, Messier 97, the Owl Nebula
Right Ascension: 11:14:48
Declination:  +55.01.0
Size: 3.4 arc minutes
EQUIPMENT USED
Twin APM TMB LZOS 152 refractors
10Micron GM2000 HPS mount
Twin QSI6120 CCD cameras
Astrodon filters
IMAGE CAPTURE
Blue: 12x300"
Green: 16x300"
Red: 16x300"
Ha: 128x300" bin 1x1, 25x900" bin 1x1, 17x1200" bin 1x1
OIII: 51x900" bin 1x1, 20x1200"
Total Integration: 48 hours 55 minutes
Pixel scale: 0.530 arcsec/pixel
Field radius: 0.188 degrees
Capture dates: 14 January - 24 March 2022
Capture location:  Fregenal de la Sierra, Spain

IMAGE PROCESSING:
CCDStack2 and Photoshop CS2
Ha image
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OIII image
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