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Object: M 97 (Owl Nebula)- Constellation Ursa Major

Distance: 2030  light years

Date Imaged: Mar 6 - 31, 2021

Date Image Processed: Jun 2021

Telescope: 16 inch Ritchey Chretian Telescope

Image Train: FLI PDF Focuser, Optec Pyxis Rotator

Focal Length: 3250 mm

Camera: SBIG STT 8300M, FW8G-STT, AO8 (Adaptive Optics device) Camera Sensor at -30 deg C

Resolution: 0.34 arcsec/pixel

Exposures: 57.8 hours total duration

54 Luminance - 10 Minute Images binned 1x1 (Stars)

33 Red - 10 Minute Images binned 1x1 (Stars)

34 Green - 10 Minute Images binned 1x1 (Stars)

34 Blue - 10 Minute Images binned 1x1 (Stars)

32 Hydrogen Alpha (3nm) - 30 Minute Images binned 1x1

32 Oxygen III (3nm) - 30 Minute Images binned 1x1

 

 

 

 

 

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