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Wide Field view of The Owl Nebula and M108 Galaxy
Amateur Astronomy Picture of the Day
Amateur Astronomy Picture of the Day for Feb 20 2010
Wide Field view of The Owl Nebula and M108 Galaxy
Wide Field view of The Owl Nebula and M108 Galaxy
Imaged by: Tyler of Northern Utah
This image was collected over two nights with brief periods of clear sky. It is 18 x 10 minutes luminance plus and 8 x 10 minutes each RGB. The rarely-photographed faint outer shell of M97 (The Owl Nebula) is just barely visible, as are numerous small galaxies, which are sprinkled around the frame. The image taken using a Astro-Physics AP130 EDF F/6 refractor riding on a Losmandy G-11 mount. The camera was a Starlight Xpress SXVF-H16 with an FLI CFW-2-7 filter wheel and Optec filters. Guiding was done via a Borg 60 refractor with a Starfish autoguider. Collected and calibrated with MaxIm DL5 and additional processing using CCDStack, Photoshop CS3, and PixInsight.
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