M97, Owl Nebula

 

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Object:
M97, Owl Nebula in Ursa Major
Coordinates:
RA = 11h 15m 39s, DEC = +54° 56' 08"
Telescope:
Meade 10" f/8 ACF
Mount:
Losmandy G11 German Equatorial
Guide Scope:
Stellarvue S80/9D refractor supported by a Robin Casady TGAD (Tandem Guidescope Aiming Device)
Guide Camera:
Orion StarShoot AutoGuider with PHD guiding software
Imaging Camera:
QSI-583ws
Filters/Exposures:
Astrodon LRGB filters, six 5-min exposures each filter, stacked/color combined in MaximDL, and tweaked in Photoshop.
Shooting Location:
Virginia Beach, VA
Date/Time:
25 Feb 2014
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