Galaxy season has begun. This year, I’m kicking it off with the Surfboard Galaxy and the Baader Travel Companion.
Category: Planetary Nebula
Messier 97, also known as the Owl Nebula, is a planetary nebula located approximately 2,030 light-years away in the constellation Ursa Major that reaches its annual culmination at astronomical midnight and is best observed around March 8th.
My reprocessed version of the Dumbbell Nebula – Messier 27, data from 09/2022, using my revamped PixInsight Process.
My finished astrophoto of the 2.025 LJ away Owl Nebula M97 in the constellation Ursa Major. Collected some more light and new workflow (2024).
Messier 97 – the first half, about 2 hours, of collected light with my VISAC at 1800mm.
The Dumbbell Nebula (Messier 27) is a planetary nebula in the constellation Vulpecula, located approximately 1,360 light years away from Earth and reaches its annual culmination at astronomical midnight in the 2nd half of July.
In the course of reprocessing, the Dumbbell Nebula M27 is in focus today. This planetary nebula was my first serious deep-sky object with the VIXEN Cassegrain.