M97 Owl Nebula

[Tim]

I've been doing one or two subs per night on this for a couple of weeks. Still dont have much, but its the start of a challenge I think, as around the main nebula is a very faint shell, only visible in O3 as far as I can tell. I'd love to get a bit of detail on it so will probably try some 30 or 40 min subs at some stage, these 20 min ones just didnt touch it.

SW MN190 + SXVH9, 5 x 1200sec OIII + 6 x 1200sec 7nm Ha arranged as haO3O3. I do have a couple of S2 shots for it but there is next to no detail to be found in the s2 layer in 20min subs.

Thanks for looking.

TJ

[RuiBranco]

excellent TJ

[steppenwolf]

I can certainly see the shell clearly on this image, Tim although I guess it is a little at the expense of the detail because of the stretch. Not an easy target is it?!!

[Ibbo!]

What big eyes you've got

certainly see where its gets it's name the owl

lovely shot

Steve