Owl Nebula M97 in Ursa Major

[Greekastronomy]

-> Telescope: Meade LX200GPS 14" f/6,3

-> CCD: ATIK 16HR

-> Guiding Telescope: SkyWatcher 4"

-> Guiding Software: PHD 1.7.4

-> Filters: Astronomik Lum, O3, Ha, R, G, B

-> Processing: MaximDl / AstroArt / PhotoShop CS3

-> Exposure: 10hours 15min

-> Date: 21,25,26 Feb, 1-3,5 Mar 2008 (7 nights)

-> Place: Rafina Attikis

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[algol]

that is a gorgeous pic mate, really nice.

can see a bit of the owlishness in it.

[jgs001]

WOW!!!! That's truly stunning. :shock:

[steppenwolf]

Lovely image, well taken!

[dogfish]

Lovely detail in an object that you don't see imaged anywhere near enough. Thanks for posting it.

cheers, Martin

[MartinB]

Superb M97, as good as they come. Over 10 hours of exposure, that'd take about 3 months in the UK :)

[Beyond_Vision]

Great image and nice to see it up close and personnel.

Regards

Kevin

[jcm]

Excellent image.

Must be one of the longest image exposure times posted on this board.

John

[AndrewLincs]

Very Nice image

Well done !

Regards

Andrew

[barkis]

A very fine close look at this strange planetary. It's certainly well named.

10 hours has to be a record exposure time on an image featured on SGL.

The fairly bright star to the South East has a wisp of nebulosity hanging off it too.

Thanks for posting this one, Its a superb result.

Ron.

[Paxo]

Stunning picture mate, well done.

Steve..

[RobH]

Absolutely stunning image....well doen

I see we have a similar setup....I'll be having a crack at that myself...love planetaries

Cheers

Rob

[Sam]

That's a great image! Loads of detail and the colour you've captured is amazing!

[LostNSpace]

Great image Greek.

welcome to SGL by the way, look forward in seeing more images from you........

Mark

[russ]

WOW stunning image :shock:

Russ